Assessing the Risk of Nonsexual and Sexual Victimization Using Incident-Based Police Reports
Autor: | Stacia Gilliard-Matthews, James J. Nolan, Stephen M. Haas |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
Předmět: |
Health (social science)
education Poison control Human factors and ergonomics social sciences Criminology Suicide prevention humanities Occupational safety and health Pathology and Forensic Medicine Stratified sampling National Crime Victimization Survey Injury prevention Domestic violence Psychology Law Social psychology health care economics and organizations Applied Psychology |
Zdroj: | Victims & Offenders. 8:23-41 |
ISSN: | 1556-4991 1556-4886 |
DOI: | 10.1080/15564886.2012.738627 |
Popis: | Current research has affirmed that black women are most at risk for rape, assault, and intimate partner violence in the United States. These findings are often based on statistics from surveys like the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The NCVS collects data from a stratified sample of households in the United States from which one can establish victimization risk and rates at the national level. We know very little about a person's risk of violent crime victimization from police records at the local and state level because until recently the data were not available. This study, therefore, adds to current victimization research by utilizing state-level police data to examine violent crime victimization patterns. Specifically, using data from the U.S. Census Bureau and West Virginia Incident-Based Reporting System (WVIBRS), we construct a model to examine the risk of nonsexual and sexual victimization over a lifetime by sex and race. Our findings indicate that black females in West Virgi... |
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