Citation

Outlaw M, Ruback RB, Britt C. Violence Vict. 2002; 17(2): 187-204.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, USA. outlawm@mail.montclair.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12033554

Abstract

The present research uses hierarchical modeling to examine the relative contributions of factors about the person, factors about the context, and, most important the interaction of factors about the person and factors about the context in models of both repeat victimization (more than one of the same type of crime) and multiple victimization (two or more different types of crime). Using telephone survey data from a multistage sample of Seattle residents, we estimate separate hierarchical models for repeat property, repeat violent and multiple victimization. Results indicate that repeat victimization of both types varies substantially by neighborhood, whereas multiple victimization seems more determined by individual-level factors. Implications for social disorganization theory, routine activity/lifestyle exposure theory, and future work on repeat victimization are discussed.

Language: en