RT Article
T1 The influence of personality on violent victimization a a study on police officers
JF Psychology, crime & law
VO 22
IS 6
SP 538
OP 560
A1 Ellrich, Karoline 1984-
A2 Baier, Dirk 1976-
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1838879196
AB The current study aims to examine the influence of police officer characteristics, civilian characteristics, and possible interactions between both on violent victimization of police officers. Based on literature distinguishing between ‘provocative’ and ‘submissive’ victims, focus is given on effects of police officers’ personality in terms of the five-factor model plus risk-taking. Patrol police officers (n = 1813) from Lower Saxony, Germany, completed a paper-and-pencil survey including personality assessments as well as questions about their last three police encounters. Binary logistic multilevel regression analyses demonstrate that police officers with higher scores on neuroticism and openness to experience were more likely to be violently attacked. Furthermore, agreeableness reduced police officers’ risk of violent victimization, while risk-taking and neuroticism increased their risk when confronted with a violent civilian. The study indicates that personality and especially traits that are assumed to provoke potential perpetrators were linked with violent victimization. It further stresses the need to include perpetrator attributes in victim studies in order to identify relevant interaction effects between both parties.
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K1 Gewalt
K1 Viktimisierung
K1 Risikofaktor
K1 Polizei
K1 Big Five
K1 Violence
K1 Victimization
K1 Risk Factors
K1 Police
DO 10.1080/1068316X.2016.1168424