Rates and overlap of offending and victimisation among young people in Brazil: preliminary results from the ISRD4 project

• In Event: ISRD PANEL 3: Rates of victimization, offenses and the overlap between these two phenomena

Abstract

Previous self-report studies with young people in Brazil have tended to focus on a narrow range of types of offending and victimisation. The overlap between offending and victimisation has also been the focus of some studies. The current study used ISRD4 data from two cities in Brazil to estimate the lifetime prevalence and overlap between different types of offending and victimisation. We analysed valid data from a sample of 1.816 adolescents aged 13-17 (M=15, SD=1.2). In the total sample, 34.3% reported having committed at least one offence, while 69.8% reported having been victims of at least one type of victimisation. The most common offences reported were fighting in a group (14.1%) and shoplifting (11.3%), and the least common were stealing a car (0.8%) and burglary (1.2%). The most common types of victimisations were minor parental violence (53.1%) and theft (32.3%). The least common types were intimate posting (6.8%) and assault victimisation (7.7%). Latent class analysis was used to identify subgroups by life experience according to scores on the subscales: 1) offline offending, 2) online offending, 3) offline victimisation, 4) online victimisation and 5) parental victimisation. A four-class model was identified. Class 1, the smallest (8.7%), had the highest reports of all experiences, whereas class 3, the largest (47%), had the lowest. Comparisons of socio-demographic characteristics by subgroups will be made and some possible explanation for the differences will be presented.

Authors

• Marina Rezende Bazon, University of São Paulo

• André Vilela Komatsu, University of Sao Paulo

• Rafaelle CS Costa, University of Sao Paulo

• Ana Beatriz do Prado Schiavone, University of Sao Paulo

• Chris Birkbeck, Salford University