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Victims of personal crime : an empirical foundation for a theory of personal victimization

Title: Victims of personal crime : an empirical foundation for a theory of personal victimization / Michael J. Hindelang, Michael R. Gottfredson, James Garofalo.
Author: Hindelang, Michael J.
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : Ballinger Pub. Co., ©1978.

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xxiv, 324 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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Includes indexes.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 309-317.

Contents

PART 1: Introduction -- The Victimization Event -- Bodily Injury to Victims of Personal Crimes -- The Loss of Property in Personal Crimes -- PART 2: The Risk of Personal Victimization -- Personal Characteristics and the Probability of Personal Victimization -- Multiple Victimization -- PART 3: Attitudes About Crime and Victimization Experiences -- Crime: A Nonlocal, Nonpersonal Issue -- The Fear of Crime -- The Effects of Crime and the Fear of Crime on Behavior -- A Methodological Postscript -- PART 4: A Theoretical Model -- Toward a Theory of Personal Criminal Victimization -- Appendix A: National Crime Survey, Central Cities Sample Questionnaires -- Appendix B: LEAA-Census National Crime Survey: Methods and Procedures -- Appendix C: Variable Recoding Scheme and Source Code Identification.

ISBN

0884107930
9780884107934

LCCN

77015981

OCLC

ocm03380444
3380444
SCSB-163483

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Princeton University Library