NCJ Number
102028
Journal
Howard Journal Volume: 25 Issue: 2 Dated: (May 1986) Pages: 118-124
Date Published
1986
Length
7 pages
Annotation
The concerns of feminist and radical writers for women as victims of crime are set out. Their criticisms of quantitative work in general and the British Crime Survey in particular are mentioned.
Abstract
Data are presented from the survey showing that women victims of personal crime disproportionately suffer at the hands of people they know well, and of husbands especially. Such crimes are reported to the police less than crimes against males, and this is shown not to be an artefact of the degree of injury caused. The paper's purpose is to show that survey data, with all their imperfections, can be used to address the issues of concern. (Author abstract)