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Assessing the Overlap in Dating Violence Perpetration and Victimization among South Korean College Students: The Influence of Social Learning and Self-Control

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Research has recently begun to identify an overlap of involvement in offending and victimization and a shared commonality of risk factors for both outcomes. Despite this growing body of evidence, this research has yet to have been extended to dating violence in general and in cross cultural samples specifically. Recognizing these gaps in the literature, the current study examines the correlation between psychological and physical dating violence perpetration and victimization among a large sample of South Korean college students. Results from a series of bivariate probit models suggest that there is a strong degree of overlap between dating violence perpetration and victimization and that social learning theory and self-control theory cannot explain away the overlap. Study limitations and implications are also discussed.

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  1. College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SOC 326, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA

    Wesley G. Jennings

  2. International Cooperation Team, Korean Institute of Criminology, 114 Taebong-no, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137715, Republic of Korea

    MiRang Park

  3. School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado Denver, 1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 500, Denver, CO, 80217–3364, USA

    Elizabeth A. Tomsich

  4. School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado Denver, 1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 525, Denver, CO, 80217–3364, USA

    Angela R. Gover

  5. Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida, 3219 Turlington Hall, P.O. Box 117330, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Ronald L. Akers

  6. Department of Criminology, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA

    Wesley G. Jennings

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Jennings, W.G., Park, M., Tomsich, E.A. et al. Assessing the Overlap in Dating Violence Perpetration and Victimization among South Korean College Students: The Influence of Social Learning and Self-Control. Am J Crim Just 36, 188–206 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-011-9110-x

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