ABSTRACT
Accompanying the proliferation of victimization research, another group of scholars has undertaken a parallel line of research aimed at illuminating the confluence of biological, environmental and social factors in the prediction of criminogenic behaviors. A small arena of victimology has examined a possible relationship between low self-control and victimization. According to self-control theory, as originally developed by Gottfredson and Hirschi, individuals with low self-control often act with impulse, are short-sighted, and are unable to resist temptation. In addition to low self-control as a predictor of victimization, a fair amount of research has examined the routine activities of individuals as another possible etiological source of victimization. Routine activities theory suggests victimization is explained by assessing the situational characteristics of the victimization experience. The discussion of self-control and routine activities as predictors of victimizatio.
