Citation

Kruttschnitt C. Violence Vict. 1993; 8(3): 253-270.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8186184

Abstract

Drawing from different kinds and levels of analysis, this article synthesizes current knowledge on women's violent offending and victimization cross-nationally. Individual-level data indicate characteristics and situations that put women at risk for violence within particular countries. Aggregate-level data concentrate on women's risks of violent encounters across nations and the societal-level factors that are associated with these risks. This multinational, multilevel approach reveals substantial gaps between our understanding of the types of encounters in which women are at greatest risk for violence and the societal correlates that predict gender distributions in violence across nations.

Language: en