Revisiting the Effects of Self-Protective Behaviors on the Risk of Injury in Assaults Against Women

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilhong Yun ◽  
Julak Lee
Keyword(s):  
National Crime Victimization Survey ◽  
Protective Behaviors ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Victimization Survey ◽  
Protective Actions ◽  
Risk Of Injury ◽  
Relational Distance ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Assault Victims ◽  
Serious Injuries

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.

scholarly journals Potential Survey Error Due to a Panel Design: A Review and Evaluation of the National Crime Victimization Survey

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus E. Berzofsky ◽  
Andrew Moore ◽  
G. Lance Couzens ◽  
Lynn Langton ◽  
Chris Krebs
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Error ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Crime Victimization Survey ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Longitudinal Surveys ◽  
Victimization Survey ◽  
Mode Effects ◽  
Survey Error ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Source Of Error

We use a total survey error approach to examine and make recommendations on how to adjust for non-sampling error in longitudinal, mixed-mode surveys. Using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), we examine three major sources of non-sampling error: telescoping, mode effects, and fatigue. We present an assessment of each source of error from a total survey error perspective and propose alternative adjustments to adjust better for this error. Findings suggest that telescoping and fatigue are likely sources of error in the NCVS, but the use of mixed-modes is not. Furthermore, both telescoping and fatigue are present in longitudinal surveys and accounting for one but not the other results in estimates that under- or overestimate the measures of interest—in this case, the rate of crime in the United States.

The Influence of Sexual Assault Resistance on Reporting Tendencies and Law Enforcement Response: Findings From the National Crime Victimization Survey

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051987794
Author(s):  
Caitlin M. Pinciotti ◽  
Antonia V. Seligowski
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
National Crime Victimization Survey ◽  
System Response ◽  
Physical Injury ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Victimization Survey ◽  
Broken Bones ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Willingness To Report

Despite its prevalence, sexual assault remains a vastly underreported crime. Previous research suggests that engagement in certain types of resistance during an assault affects the way in which both victims and others perceive the attack; such perceptions influence victims’ likelihood of reporting the assault to law enforcement as well as the criminal justice system response to reported allegations. Using a fight/flight/freeze theoretical framework, the current study sought to examine how forceful, nonforceful, and freeze responding influenced victim reporting and the extent to which reported assaults were pursued and investigated by law enforcement. Using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey between 2010 and 2016, logistic regression analysis indicated that victims are significantly less likely to report to law enforcement if they froze during the attack. Interestingly, although engagement in forceful resistance increases victims’ likelihood of reporting to law enforcement, it has no bearing on law enforcement response beyond the effect of physical injury. Rather, physical injury (e.g., bruises, cuts, broken bones) is the only predictor of law enforcement response to sexual assault allegations. Findings suggest that whereas fight and freeze responses to sexual victimization influence victims’ willingness to report to law enforcement, resistance is not uniquely predictive of law enforcement response once physical injury is considered.

“You Just Don’t Report That Kind of Stuff”: Investigating Teens’ Ambivalence Toward Peer-Perpetrated, Unwanted Sexual Incidents

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen G. Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Misconduct ◽  
National Crime Victimization Survey ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Victimization Survey

An investigation of narratives from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) finds that one in three teenagers—12–18 years old—who experience an unwanted sexual incident perpetrated by another teen trivialize their incidents as minor, unimportant, or normal kid stuff. This study contextualizes these responses within a framework of ambivalence that highlights separately teens’ ambiguity of definitions, or uncertainty that incidents perpetrated by other teens (especially dating partners and schoolmates) are “real” crimes or offenses worth reporting, and adaptive indifference, a more tactical response to conflicting norms and allegiances that discourage teens from reporting their peers’ sexual misconduct to authorities. The context and consequences of teens’ ambivalence are discussed.

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