NCJ Number
171933
Journal
American Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Dated: (Fall 1997) Pages: 41-70
Date Published
1997
Length
30 pages
Annotation
This article examines female and male victimization risks in general and in the domains of home, work, and leisure/public.
Abstract
The analysis is based on the routine activities/lifestyle theory of victimization. Critics have observed that most tests of the theory use a sample of victims that does not distinguish between specific populations. Further, research on victimization risks needs domain-specific models of victimization because lifestyle can encompass a large variety of behaviors in several different settings which do not all have the same risk of victimization. Analyses using data from the National Crime Survey's Victim Risk Supplement (1983) indicate the importance of analyzing specific populations and domains in any evaluation of routine activities/lifestyle victimization theory because the determinants of victimization vary for men and women and for the domains of home, work, and leisure/public. The article concludes that victimization risks vary by context, and that female and male victimization risk is different from general victimization risk. Note, tables, references