Urban Structure and Household Victimization of the Elderly

• NCJ Number: 94648
• Journal: International Journal of Aging and Human Development Volume: 51 Issue: 1 Dated: (1982-83) Pages: 41-49
• Author(s): R M O'Brien; D Shichor; D L Decker
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 9 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Earlier version presented at the Ninth World Congress of Sociology, Research Committee for the Sociology of Deviance and Social Control, International Sociological Association, Uppsala, Sweden, August 1978

Annotation

This paper examines the relationships of several urban structural characteristics with the rate of household victimization of the elderly in twenty-six U.S. central cities.

Abstract

It was found that inter-city variation in two types of household victimization (household burglary and and larceny) is highly related to two factors: (1) population density, and (2) socioeconomic conditions. The implications of these findings for further research are discussed. Tabular data and 28 references are provided. (Author abstract modified)