Sex Differences in Violent Victimization, 1994

Sex differences in violent school victimization : using self-control to understand variation in victimization

Self-control, gang membership, and victimization: An integrated approach to the risk factors of violent victimization

This study integrates one of the most empirically tested individual characteristics (self-control) with situational factors (risky lifestyle) in an attempt to explain the risks involved in violent victimization. Data came from a diverse sample of 3,907 middle school students who participated in the G.R.E.A.T. program during the 1993-1994 school year. Gang membership is used as a proxy variable ...

Cross-cultural differences in physical aggression between partners: a social-role analysis.

In developed western nations, both sexes commit acts of physical aggression against their partners. Data from 16 nations showed that this pattern did not generalize to all nations. The magnitude and direction of the sex difference was highly correlated with national-level variations in gender empowerment and individualism-collectivism. As gender equality and individualism increased, the sex dif...

Evolutionary personality psychology and victimology Sex differences in risk attitudes and short-term orientation and their relation to sex differences in victimizations

Men are more often victims of events like car accidents or (violent) crimes than women with the sole exception of sexual assault. Based on the theory of sexual selection, it has been argued that these sex differences in both perpetration and victimization rates can be attributed to sex differences in risk taking and short-term orientation. Men are expected to be more risk prone than women becau...

Gender Differences in Coping with Victimization

Individuals who are victims of crimes cope differently to reduce, tolerate, or master the victimization and ensuing emotional distress. It is unclear whether there are gender differences in regard to the stress and coping process among victims of crime. The current studyexaminesgenderdifferences invictimizationexperiences.Thisarticleexaminesgender differences in coping strategies, levels of dep...