Revisiting the effects of self-protective behaviors on the risk of injury in assaults against women
- Authors
- Yun, I.; Lee, Julak
- Issue Date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Publishing Company
- Keywords
- Injury; NCVS; Victim resistance; Violence
- Citation
- Violence and Victims, v.29, no.1, pp 170 - 192
- Pages
- 23
- Journal Title
- Violence and Victims
- Volume
- 29
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 170
- End Page
- 192
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/64766
- DOI
- 10.1891/0886-6708.29.1.171
- ISSN
- 0886-6708
- Abstract
- Using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS; 1992-2005), we closely examined the effects of victims' self-protective actions on the risk of injury among female nonsexual assault victims. Building on previous research, we focused on 3 important methodological and conceptual issues: (a) gradational coding of the 16 different NCVS self-protective actions, (b) separate analyses of serious injuries, and (c) the victim-offender relationship. Our analyses demonstrated that the risk of injury was strongly and positively associated with the degree of forcefulness of self-protective actions. Furthermore, the likelihood of victim injury was inversely related to the relational distance between the victim and the offender. © 2014 Springer Publishing Company.
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