TY - JOUR
T1 - The high-risk environment of homeless young adults
T2 - Consequences for physical and sexual victimization
AU - Tyler, Kimberly A.
AU - Beal, Morgan R.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Little is known about how the social environment of homeless youth contributes to their risk and how it varies for different types of victimization. As such, the current study examines the constructs of victimization theories in order to investigate the potential risk for physical and sexual victimization among homeless young adults. Results revealed that running at an earlier age, running more often, sleeping on the street, panhandling, deviant peers associations, and not having a family member in one's network are associated with more physical victimization. Being female, a sexual minority, having an unkempt physical appearance, panhandling, and having friends who traded sex are associated with more sexual victimization. Overall, we fi nd that the constructs differed in their ability to explain sexual versus physical victimization.
AB - Little is known about how the social environment of homeless youth contributes to their risk and how it varies for different types of victimization. As such, the current study examines the constructs of victimization theories in order to investigate the potential risk for physical and sexual victimization among homeless young adults. Results revealed that running at an earlier age, running more often, sleeping on the street, panhandling, deviant peers associations, and not having a family member in one's network are associated with more physical victimization. Being female, a sexual minority, having an unkempt physical appearance, panhandling, and having friends who traded sex are associated with more sexual victimization. Overall, we fi nd that the constructs differed in their ability to explain sexual versus physical victimization.
KW - Lifestyle-exposure theory
KW - Risk factors
KW - Routine activity theory
KW - Youth
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U2 - 10.1891/0886-6708.25.1.101
DO - 10.1891/0886-6708.25.1.101
M3 - Article
C2 - 20229696
AN - SCOPUS:77049114799
VL - 25
SP - 101
EP - 115
JO - Violence and Victims
JF - Violence and Victims
SN - 0886-6708
IS - 1
ER -