Victims of Crime and the Victimization Process by McShane

Author:McShane [McShane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780815325130
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1997-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Dependent Variables

1. Fired gun at offender(s): This is a computed 2-value (yes/no) variable composed of the responses to the following item: “Attacked offender with gun; fired gun?”

2. Used other weapon: This is a computed 2-value (yes/no) variable composed of the responses to the following item: “Attacked offender with other weapon?”

3. Hit offender(s) without weapon: This is a computed 2-value (yes/no) variable composed of the responses to the following item: “Attacked offender without weapon (hit, kick, etc.)?”

Ascriptive Factors

1. Age: This variable reflects the response to the question: “Age last birthday?”

2. Race: The variable reflects the respondent’s designation of his or her racial category. The choices were White, Black, American Indian/Aleutian/Eskimo, Asian/Pacific Islander. In the present analysis, the data was grouped into White and non-White.

3. Sex: This reflects the interviewer’s recording of the respondent’s gender.

Achievement Factors

1. Education: Response to the question, “What is the highest grade or year of regular school you have ever attended?” We employed three categories: K through 11th grade, high school diploma, and college work.

2. Family income: The respondent was provided with 14 income categories which were recoded into 5 categories (see Table 1).

Insecurity Factors

1. Number of moves in the last 5 years: This variable reflects the response to the question, “Altogether, how many times have you moved in last 5 years?” (see Table 1).

2. Series victimization: This variable reflects the interviewer’s response on the question, “Is this incident report for a series crime?” This label is applied to victimizations if the incidents are very similar in detail, there are at least three incidents in the series, and the respondent is not able to recall dates and other details well enough to report them.

3. Distance from home when incident occurs: The variable reflects the response to the question, “How far away from home did this [incident] happen?” (see Table 1 for categories employed).

Incident Environment Factors

1. Amount of light: The variable reflects the response to the question, “Was it daylight or dark outside when (this/the most recent) incident happened?”

2. Time of incident: The variable reflects the response to the question “About what time did (this/the most recent) incident happen?” (see Table 1).

3. Household members present: This variable represents the response to the question, “Which household members were present [at the time of the incident]?”

Offender Environment Factors

1. Offender had weapon?: This variable reflects the yes/no response to the question, “Did the offender(s) have a weapon such as a gun or knife, or something to use as a weapon, such as a bottle or wrench?”

2. Offender hit or attacked: This variable represented the yes/no response to the question, “Did the offender(s) hit you, knock you down, or actually attack you in any way?”

3. Offender threatened: This variable represents the response to the question, “Did the offender(s) threaten you with harm in any way?”

4. Offender known to victim: This variable is a computed 2-value variable based upon responses to two items:

Item Number 1: (single offender) Was the offender someone you knew or a stranger you had never seen before?

Item Number 2: (multiple

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