Robbery Victimization in the US - An Analysis of a Nonrandom Event

• NCJ Number: 81008
• Journal: Social Science Quarterly Volume: 62 Issue: 4 Dated: (December 1981) Pages: 644-657
• Author(s): L E Cohen; D Cantor; J R Kluegel
• Date Published: 1981
• Length: 14 pages
• Grant Number(s): 1-R01-MH31117-01; SOC-77-13261
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare; National Science Foundation
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examines the combined effets of sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics on the risk of noncommercial robbery victimization.

Abstract

Employing log-linear models for analysis of the National Crime Survey victimization data, the independent and joint effects of age, race, income, number of individuals in the household and employment status were all in the direction predicted by a routine activity perspective. (Author abstract)