Street Codes and Adolescent Violent Victimization at School

Unpacking a Complex Relationship

Bibliographic Data

ID21309271
AuthorsO SooHyun (Tarleton State University, corresponding author), SooHyun O (0000-0002-9683-280X, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX, USA), Pamela Wilcox (0000-0002-1140-8621, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA)
Year2021
Volume67
Issue9
Pages1429-1453
Publication date2021-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCrime & Delinquency (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-1287 • E-ISSN: 1552-387X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0011128720974314
OpenAlexW3109325147
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited68

This study examines the effects of adherence to street codes on school-based violent victimization. In doing so, it separates street values into two distinct orientations: (1) retaliatory norms, and (2) general toughness norms. We analyze survey data from students across four waves of the Rural Substance Abuse and Violence Project using two-level mixed effects Poisson regression. The model specifies random intercepts across individuals to address possible endogeneity of the repeated measurements per respondent. Further, consistent with a fixed-effects approach, we control for differences across the schools in which students were nested. Findings reveal that adherence to retaliatory norms is negatively related to the frequency of serious violent victimization. In contrast, general toughness norms are positively related to serious violent victimization

Developmental psychology · Econometrics · Endogeneity · Environmental health · Poisson regression · Political science · Population · Respondent · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology