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Adult Delinquency And Victimization: A Test Of Differential Association Theory With New Data, Shah Alam
Adult Delinquency And Victimization: A Test Of Differential Association Theory With New Data, Shah Alam
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The theory of differential association applies not only to adolescent people but also to the adult population. A lot of studies tested this theory on delinquent behavior but tests on victimization are rare. Using West Virginia Social Survey 2020 data, this study finds that there is an association between having delinquent friends and learning of self-delinquency in the adult population. It also reports that self-victimization can be predicted with having delinquent friends. The highest probability of victimization is twice for people for having pain medication misuser friends than of people having marijuana user friends. But self-delinquent behaviors do not report …