Peter T Tanksley1, J C Barnes1, Brian B Boutwell2,3, Louise Arseneault4, Avshalom Caspi4,5,6,7, Andrea Danese4,8, Helen L Fisher4, Terrie E Moffitt4,5,6,7. 1. School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA. 2. School of Applied Sciences, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA. 3. John D. Bower School of Population Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Oxford, MS 38677, USA. 4. Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK. 5. Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University Box 104410, Durham, NC, 27708, USA. 6. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27708, USA. 7. Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University Box 90338, Durham NC, 27708, USA. 8. National and Specialist Child Traumatic Stress and Anxiety Clinic, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Examine the extent to which cognitive/psychological characteristics predict later polyvictimization. We employ a twin-based design that allows us to test the social neurocriminology hypothesis that environmental factors influence brain-based characteristics and influence behaviors like victimization. METHODS: Using data from the Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study (N = 1986), we capitalize on the natural experiment embedded in a discordant-twin design that allows for the adjustment of family environments and genetic factors. RESULTS: The findings indicate that self-control, as well as symptoms of conduct disorder and anxiety, are related to polyvictimization even after adjusting for family environments and partially adjusting for genetic influences. After fully adjusting for genetic factors, only self-control was a statistically significant predictor of polyvictimization. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest polyvictimization is influenced by cognitive/psychological characteristics that individuals carry with them across contexts. Policies aimed at reducing victimization risks should consider interventions that address cognitive functioning and mental health.
OBJECTIVES: Examine the extent to which cognitive/psychological characteristics predict later polyvictimization. We employ a twin-based design that allows us to test the social neurocriminology hypothesis that environmental factors influence brain-based characteristics and influence behaviors like victimization. METHODS: Using data from the Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study (N = 1986), we capitalize on the natural experiment embedded in a discordant-twin design that allows for the adjustment of family environments and genetic factors. RESULTS: The findings indicate that self-control, as well as symptoms of conduct disorder and anxiety, are related to polyvictimization even after adjusting for family environments and partially adjusting for genetic influences. After fully adjusting for genetic factors, only self-control was a statistically significant predictor of polyvictimization. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest polyvictimization is influenced by cognitive/psychological characteristics that individuals carry with them across contexts. Policies aimed at reducing victimization risks should consider interventions that address cognitive functioning and mental health.
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