Citation

Mawby RI, Walklate S. Int. Rev. Victimology 1997; 4(4): 267-295.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, World Society of Victimology, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/026975809700400403

PMID

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Abstract

Victims' experiences of burglary in two contrasting English cities are compared, using data from a wider cross-national survey. Perceptions of the incident are assessed in terms of financial costs and the wider impact, including the effect of the crime on children in the household, and these are considered alongside the operation of victim support in the two areas. Finally victims' reactions are compared according to concern over future victimisation and crime prevention initiatives. Overall the data suggest that while the responses of burglary victims in the two contrasting urban environments share many common features, living in a more impoverished environment with higher rates of crime influences the ways in which respondents respond to their burglary.

Language: en