RT Article
T1 Increasing Inequality in Experience of Victimization During the Crime Drop: Analysing Patterns of Victimization in Scotland from 1993 to 2014-15
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 60
IS 3
SP 782
OP 802
A1 McVie, Susan
A2 Norris, Paul
A2 Pillinger, Rebecca
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1694831124
AB Research on the international crime drop has predominantly focused on the nature and extent of overall crime or changes in specific crime types, but less attention has been paid to how equally the crime drop has been distributed across society. Applying a novel quasi-longitudinal approach to Scottish victimization data, this article examines changes in the prevalence, frequency and type of victimization experienced. We argue that the crime drop has resulted in an increase in inequality between those at most and least risk of being a victim of crime, especially violence. The article contributes to theoretical debates on the crime drop, crime inequality and distributive justice, and provides policy recommendations on the importance of crime reduction strategies that target repeat victimization.
K1 Crime drop
K1 Crime inequality
K1 Latent class analysis
K1 Distributive justice
K1 Scotland
K1 Victimization
DO 10.1093/bjc/azy044