Large family size • Peer Factors Association with deviant peers • Peer rejection • 8. Identify and briefly discuss the factors that characterize teen victimization. ANS: The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) samples estimate the total number of • criminal incidents, including those not reported to police. Males are more often the victims of delinquency than females. • Younger people are more often targets than older people. • African American rates of violent victimization are much higher than European American • rates. Crime victimization tends to be intraracial. Self-report data show that a significant number of adolescents become crime victims. The • NCVS may underreport juvenile victimization.
• Large family size Peer Factors • Association with deviant peers • Peer rejection 8. Identify and briefly discuss the factors that characterize teen victimization. ANS: • The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) samples estimate the total number of criminal incidents, including those not reported to police. • Males are more often the victims of delinquency than females. • Younger people are more often targets than older people. • African American rates of violent victimization are much higher than European American rates. Crime victimization tends to be intraracial. • Self-report data show that a significant number of adolescents become crime victims. The NCVS may underreport juvenile victimization.