Criminal Victimization in Umlazi and KwaMashu (From Crime and Its Impact: A Study in a Black Metropolitan Area, P 116-139, 1990, J M Lotter, L B G Ndabandaba, et al, eds. -- See NCJ-129203)

• NCJ Number: 129206
• Author(s): H G Strijdom
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 24 pages
• Sale Source: South African Human Sciences Research Council
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: South Africa

Annotation

This chapter presents criminal victimization data from 2,204 households in the black townships of KwaMashu and Umlazi in South Africa for the 12 months prior to the interview.

Abstract

The survey data cover victimization rates; the number and types of victimization; place of occurrence; season and day of the week in which the victimization occurred; the sex, race, and number of offenders; the victim-offender relationship; consequences of crime for the victim; and the reporting of victimizations. In the 2,204 households included in the survey, 1,925 persons, 12 years old or older, reported at least one criminal victimization during the 12 months preceding the research. Interviews were conducted with 1,846 of these victims. On average, each person 12 years old or older living in the two residential areas addressed stood a 1 in 4 chance of becoming a crime victim at least once during the reference period. The type of victimization most often committed was theft followed by robbery, aggravated assault, common assault, and rape or attempted rape. The survey indicates that crime is much more common than official statistics suggest. It is an aspect of the daily lives of the residents of Umlazi and KwaMashu. 46 references