Gender, Adolescent Lifestyles, and Violent Victimization: Implications for Routine Activity Theory

• NCJ Number: 232240
• Journal: Victims & Offenders Volume: 5 Issue: 4 Dated: October-December 2010 Pages: 303-328
• Author(s): Billy Henson; Pamela Wilcox; Bradford W. Reyns; Francis T. Cullen
• Date Published: October 2010
• Length: 26 pages
• Grant Number(s): DA-11317
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study explored the influence of gender on the relationship between adolescent lifestyles and violent victimization.

Abstract

Using data from 541 high school students, the authors examine the associations between structured and unstructured routine activities and adolescent violent victimization in light of gender's influence. In particular, the authors focused on whether such activity-victimization relationships explained any effect of gender or, in contrast, were perhaps contingent upon gender. The results showed that gender's effect on both minor and serious victimization was substantially mediated by one measured lifestyle, in particular the delinquent lifestyle. In addition, there was only modest evidence of gender moderating the effects of certain lifestyles on victimization; the effects of most activities were consistent across male and female subjects. Implications of our findings for a contemporary age-graded and gendered routine activity theory are discussed. Tables, notes, and references (Published Abstract)