@article{ref1,
title="The victim-offender overlap in sexual offending: exploring a community-based sample  of young adults in Hong Kong",
journal="Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment",
year="2020",
author="Chan, Heng Choon Oliver",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study examines the overlap between sexual offending perpetration and  victimization among 1,171 participants (18-40 years) in Hong Kong. Testing the  theoretical propositions of several criminological theories (i.e., self-control,  general strain, routine activity, and social learning), the participants' prevalence  of general, penetrative, and nonpenetrative sexual offending perpetration and  victimization are explored. The findings indicated that sexual offending  perpetration and victimization are generally positively correlated, and further  tests using multivariate analyses confirmed the relationship between these two  experiences. Less than 5% of the sample had both sexual offending perpetration and  victimization experience. The results of logistic regression indicated that  participants who engaged in sexual offending were 1.67 times more likely to fall  prey to sexual victimization. Similar odds ratio (1.67 times) was true for sexual  victimization in predicting sexual offending perpetration. A bivariate probit model  confirmed the sexual victim-offender overlap, with the Spearman's rho correlation  from the unadjusted model suggesting significant overlap with general sexual  offending (79%). Having a high level of risky sexual behavior was found to be a  general risk factor for engaging in sexual offending behavior and for falling prey  to sexual victimization.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1079-0632",
doi="10.1177/1079063220981889",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1079063220981889"
}