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Victims' Response to Confrontational Victimization - A Neglected Aspect of Victim Research

NCJ Number
93384
Journal
Crime and Delinquency Volume: 30 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1984) Pages: 75-89
Author(s)
E A Fattah
Date Published
1984
Length
15 pages
Annotation
The behavior of victims during victimization and responses to confrontational victimization have received scant attention from researchers.
Abstract
Very little research has been done to determine how victims react to face-to-face victimizations, why they react the way they do, and why, in identical or similar situations, some persons are more likely to suffer physical harm than are others. Future research will make it possible to associate specific victim and situational characteristics with different types of responses and to link different responses with different outcomes. Only then will it be possible to assess the advantages and dangers associated with specific responses in predefined situations and to develop some guidelines for potential victims. (Author abstract)

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