Burglary Revictimization

The Time Period of Heightened Risk

Bibliographic Data

ID8402045
AuthorsMichael B Robinson (0000-0003-0162-2218, Appalachian State University, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume38
Issue1
Pages78-87
Publication date1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a014229
OpenAlexW2125207085
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited11

Research into the phenomenon of revictimization has consistently demonstrated that a very small proportion of all people and places suffer from a disproportionate amount of victimizations. Whenever victims of both personal and household crimes are likely to be victimized again, victimization is most likely to occur a very short time after the initial offences. Findings from this study confirm these ideas. Only 1.2 per cent of all residences in the jurisdiction studied suffered from 29 per cent of all burglaries reported to the police between the years 1992 and 1994. Furthermore, 25 per cent of the burglary revictimizations occurred within one week of the initial offences, while 51 per cent occurred within one month. These findings are discussed in the context of prevention of burglary revictimization

Context (archaeology) · Criminology · Geography · Jurisdiction · Political science · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Demography · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

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