Citation

Abbott J, McGrath SA. Vict. Offender 2017; 12(4): 587-609.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15564886.2016.1208130

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In this article, we explored the effect of prior victimization severity on perceived risk using a cross-national sample. We extracted data for all variables from the International Criminal Victimization Survey (ICVS) and the European Survey on Crime Safety (EU ICS). Using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression for both pooled data and individual countries, we found that, in addition to numerous control and prior victimization variables, our key independent variable--perceived severity of victimization--generally influences levels of perceived risk.

DISCUSSION of the results and limitations of the study are also included.

Language: en

Keywords

fear of crime; victimization; cross-national studies; perceived risk