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their human rights. The implications of this addition to the international human rightsinfrastructure have only begun to be understood and realized. An important aspect ofunderstanding the impact of the CRPD will be to determine its role and the role of internationalhuman rights law more generally within the broader context of the expanding field of globalhealth governance, which has grown in scope and direction in the early 21 st century.Growing attention to health as a global concern has led to the expansion of infrastructureimpacting health at the global level, built upon both legal obligations—of which the CRPD is apart—and economic development initiatives. These developments have led to a proliferation ofactors participating in global health governance, ranging from national governments andintergovernmental institutions to international non-governmental organizations (NGOs),philanthropic foundations, and multinational corporations. The expansion of participants inglobal health governance has in turn raised the political stakes of these endeavors andcomplicated global health governance and diplomacy in ways that defy simple description.This presentation will develop a theory of how human rights may be situated within the broaderuniverse of global health governance as a shaper of health systems and social systems. Thehuman rights model can be conceived of as a model of health governance as well as a componentof the larger universe of global health governance. The CRPD provides a relevant and illustrativeexample of how this complicated and evolving global infrastructure may impact mental health.176. Victimization and Women OffendersLinking Victimization to Perpetration: Testing the Applicability of GeneralStrain Theory to Crime and Deviance among Emerging Adult WomenArjan Blokland, Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement(ABlokland@nscr.nl)According to General Strain Theory (GST), crime and deviance can best be viewed as ways ofdealing with negative emotions that result from the strain caused by unfavorable socialinteractions. Victimizing experiences are considered to be among the most important strainsexperienced by young people which in turn may elicit illegitimate coping behavior, thus linkingcriminal victimization to the perpetration of crime and deviance. While extant empirical researchcorroborates many of GST’s central arguments, questions remain about its generalizability togirls and women, especially with regard to the link between negative emotions and externalizingcoping behaviors. This paper therefore addresses the association between victimization in thepublic and private spheres and delinquency and substance use in a multi-ethnic sample (n = 524)of emerging adult women (ages 18-21). It also examines the extent to which this association ismediated by negative emotions (anger, anxiety, and depression) and assesses whether the indirecteffect of victimization on crime and deviance is conditional on individual and contextual factorsthat are likely to affect the perceived behavioral alternatives in dealing with the strain caused bythe victimizing experience.413