NCJ Number
93511
Journal
Victimology Volume: 8 Issue: 3-4 Dated: (1983) Pages: 215-226
Date Published
1983
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This article employs National Crime Survey data on stranger assaults to examine the role of victim resistance in warding off attack and reducing the risk of injury.
Abstract
The tactics which victims adopt in the face of potential violence may themselves be violent or nonviolent. The survey data suggest that nonviolent resistance may be effective in warding off attack and preventing injury, but that violent resistance seems to exacerbate both of those outcomes. (Author abstract)