TY - JOUR PY - 2013// TI - Social distance and immediate informal responses to violent victimization JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Jacques, Scott A1 - Rennison, Callie Marie SP - 735 EP - 754 VL - 28 IS - 4 N2 - There are a number of ways that victims of violence informally handle attacks as they unfold. Their responses range in severity from physical resistance, to talking it out with the offender, to running away, to cooperating. Why do victims respond in a more or less severe manner? Cooney (2009) suggests that social distance is part of the answer: the further the relational or cultural distance between offender and victim, the more severe the latter's response. Using National Crime Victimization Survey data, we test hypotheses derived from this theory and find oppositional findings. Specifically, results indicate that closer social distance predicts more severe responses. We conclude by discussing the implications of this finding for future work, especially as relates to the study of self-protective behavior.

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LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260512455870 ID - ref1 ER -