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A Portrait of Crime Victims Who Fight Back

University of Nebraska at Omaha

VINCENT J. WEBB

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Although many victims of crime apparently remain passive during criminal victimization, some choose to respond with force. In this article, the authors have used National Crime Survey data to examine this type of response to victimization. Using the NCS data, the authors have described three groups of victims: (a) those who use a gun in self-defense, (b) those who use a weapon other than a gun, and (c) those who use no weapon but fight back by kicking, hitting, or biting. Further, the authors have described some of the key aspect characteristics of the victimization incident for each of these three victim-response groups in an effort to identify differences between them.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 9, No. 1, 45-74 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/088626094009001004


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