Ellingworth, D, Farrell, G orcid.org/0000-0002-3987-8457 and Pease, K (1995) A VICTIM IS A VICTIM IS A VICTIM?: Chronic Victimization in Four Sweeps of the British Crime Survey. British Journal of Criminology, 35 (3). pp. 360-365. ISSN 0007-0955
Abstract
This paper builds on previous work which identified the importance of multiple victimization in determining crime rates. Using the first four sweeps of the British Crime Survey, patterns of property and personal crime victimization are investigated, and the interdependence of incidents is established: the probability of a further victimization increases with each subsequent victimization. A comparison is made between the observed distribution, and a hypothetical distribution which assumes that crime incidents are randomly distributed throughout the population. Given the extent of concentration of incidents amongst a small number of chronic victims, recommendations are made for the way official crime statistics are recorded.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2019 13:24 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2019 13:48 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a048521 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:116403 |