The Effect of Victimization Severity on Perceived Risk of Victimization: Analyses Using an International Sample |
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Authors: | Jessica Abbott Shelly A McGrath |
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Institution: | 1. Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of North Carolina–Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina, USA;2. Department of Justice Sciences, University of Alabama–Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA |
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Abstract: | In this article, we explored the effect of prior victimization severity on perceived risk using a cross-national sample. We extracted data for all variables from the International Criminal Victimization Survey (ICVS) and the European Survey on Crime Safety (EU ICS). Using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression for both pooled data and individual countries, we found that, in addition to numerous control and prior victimization variables, our key independent variable—perceived severity of victimization—generally influences levels of perceived risk. Discussion of the results and limitations of the study are also included. |
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Keywords: | victimization perceived risk fear of crime cross-national studies |
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