ON THE VICTIMIZATION OF JUVENILES - SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS

• NCJ Number: 14471
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1974) Pages: 40-50
• Author(s): W H FEYERHERM; M J HINDELANG
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 11 pages
• Grant Number(s): GI-29727
• Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED TO URBAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOUND THAT ONLY A MINORITY OF BOTH FEMALES AND MALES REPORTED NO VICTIMIZATIONS AT ALL.

Abstract

VICTIMIZATION WAS FOUND TO BE RATHER EXTENSIVE AMONG THESE RESPONDENTS. MALES REPORT MORE VICTIMIZATIONS THAN DID FEMALES, WHILE AGE AND FATHER'S OCCUPATION SHOWED LITTLE RELATIONSHIP TO VICTIMIZATION. MOST VICTIMIZATIONS WERE NOT REPORTED TO THE POLICE. THE RESPONDENTS - FEMALES TO A GREATER EXTENT THAN MALES INDICATED SOME FEAR OF WALKING IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS ALONE AT NIGHT AND ALSO BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A CHANCE OF BEING ROBBED OR ATTACKED IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, THESE TWO FEARS WERE FOUND TO BE RELATED TO CERTAIN RECENT VICTIMIZATIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)