Victims' Response to Confrontational Victimization - A Neglected Aspect of Victim Research

• NCJ Number: 93384
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 30 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1984) Pages: 75-89
• Author(s): E A Fattah
• Date Published: 1984
• Length: 15 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. Originally prepared for the Manitoba Society of Criminology meetings, 1980.

Annotation

The behavior of victims during victimization and responses to confrontational victimization have received scant attention from researchers.

Abstract

Very little research has been done to determine how victims react to face-to-face victimizations, 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. (Author abstract)