Violent Victimization and Fear of Crime Among Canadian Aboriginals

Violent Victimization and Fear of Crime Among Canadian Aboriginals

Violent victimization by offenders has led to concerns over the negative consequences that this has on victims, including a greater fear of crime. Because their disadvantaged status leads to greater rates of violent victimization, it is speculated that fear of crime will be higher among the poor and racial minorities. Examining the common violent crime of assault, this hypothesis is tested by c...

The Influence of Direct and Indirect Juvenile Victimization Experiences on Adult Victimization and Fear of Crime.

Research has identified that juvenile victimization can play a detrimental role for individuals later in life. While this literature has focused on direct and indirect forms of victimization at different stages of life, the influence of juvenile victimization on fear of crime and violent victimization as an adult has been limited. To expand this body of literature, the present research examines...

Association of modality with mortality among Canadian Aboriginals.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Previous studies have shown that Aboriginals and Caucasians experience similar outcome on dialysis in Canada. Using the Canadian Organ Replacement Registry, this study examined whether dialysis modality (peritoneal or hemodialysis) impacted mortality in Aboriginal patients. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS This study identified 31,576 adult patients (hem...

Predicting Violent Crime Rates for the 2010 Redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is a major crime survey for the United States. The survey collects data on several types of crimes, including the broad categories of violent crime and property crime. The 2010 redesign of the NCVS can potentially improve the efficiency of the survey if the level of crime can be predicted well by external data. Previously, we reported initial succe...

Victimization among individuals with low self-control: Effects on fear versus perceived risk of crime