Convergence of Traditional and Online Property Crime Victimization in a City with Little Offline Crime

Crime victimization in adults with severe mental illness: comparison with the National Crime Victimization Survey.

CONTEXT Since deinstitutionalization, most persons with severe mental illness (SMI) now live in the community, where they are at great risk for crime victimization. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence and incidence of crime victimization among persons with SMI by sex, race/ethnicity, and age, and to compare rates with general population data (the National Crime Victimization Survey), contr...

The Seasonality of Crime Victimization

Hate Crime Victimization, 2004-2015

In 2015, the rate of violent hate crime victimization was 0.7 hate crimes per 1,000 persons age 12 or older (figure 1). This rate was not significantly different from the rate in 2004 (0.9 per 1,000).1 The absence of statistically significant change in rates from 2004 to 2015 generally held true for violent hate crimes both reported and unreported to police. However, between 2012 and 2015, the ...

8 . Drugs and property crime

During the late 1990s national rates of reported property and violent crime in Australia have been increasing (National Crime Statistics Unit 1997; Chilvers 1998; Cook & Leverett 1998), as have deaths from opioid overdoses. In 1996 there were 526 opioid-overdose fatalities, the majority of them involving males (Lynskey & Hall 1998). Alongside the overdose data a number of indicators from subgro...

CRIME IN THE INNER CITY Does Vegetation Reduce Crime?

Although vegetation has been positively linked to fear of crime and crime in a number of settings, recent findings in urban residential areas have hinted at a possible negative relationship: Residents living in “greener” surroundings report lower levels of fear, fewer incivilities, and less aggressive and violent behavior. This study used police crime reports to examine the relationship between...