Citation

Ditton J, Farrall S, Bannister J, Gilchrist EA, Pease K. Crime Prev. Community Safety 1999; 1(3): 37-54.

Affiliation

Law Department,Sheffield Univ.; Centre for Criminological Research, Oxford Univ.; Department of Social Administration and Social Work,Glasgow Univ.; School of Psychology; Univ. of Birmingham; Applied Criminology Group, Huddersfield Univ.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group -- Palgrave-Macmillan)

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Abstract

A previous article demonstrated, from an analysis of data derived from a quantitative survey of 1,629 adult Scottish residents, that being 'angry', rather than being 'afraid', was the reaction most respondents thought they would feel when imagining crime victimisation, irrespective of age, gender or victim-status. This article plumbs the same data base, but here considers reactions to actual victimisations experienced in the past year. When initial reactions are considered, only assault victims experience other reactions more than that of anger. When later reactions are examined, respondents report less anger (except for assault), much less fear (particularly for assault) and many more non-fear and non-anger responses. These results are placed in the context of other research, and against a qualitative background derived from interviews conducted with an initial sample of different respondents. Some possible reasons for the relative neglect of victim-anger are discussed.