Citation

Fattah EA. Crime Delinq. 1984; 30(1): 75-89.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0011128784030001004

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The behavior of victims during victimization and responses to confrontational victimization have received scant attention from researchers. Very little research has been done to determine how victims react to face-to-face victimization, why they react the way they do, and why, in identical or similar situations, some persons are more likely to suffer physical harm than are others. Future research will make it possible to associate specific victim and situational characteristics with different types of responses and to link different responses with different outcomes. Only then will it be possible to assess the advantages and dangers associated with specific responses in predefined situations and to develop some guidelines for potential victims.