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Repeat Victimization

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Synonyms

Chronic victimization; Frequent victimization; High-frequency victimization; Multiple victimization; Near repeats; Near-repeat victimization; Polyvictimization; Prior victimization; Recidivist victimization; Recurrent victimization; Reoccurrence of victimization; Repetitive victimization; Revictimization

Overview

This entry hinges on four nonobvious propositions that, we suggest, largely encapsulate the state of the art in this field. They are that:

  1. 1.

    Most crime is repeat victimization against the same targets, and variation in crime across time and place is often due largely to repeat victimization.

  2. 2.

    One or 2 % of potential targets are the supertargets that experience about half of all crimes.

  3. 3.

    Preventing repeat victimization reduces crime when tactics are properly developed and implemented.

  4. 4.

    A broader-than-usual conception of near-repeat victimization, referring to crimes linked by their similarity, may prove a useful foundation for integrating theories of crime...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies and School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    Graham Farrell

  2. Jill Dando Institute, University College London, London, UK

    Ken Pease

  3. Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

    Ken Pease

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  1. Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gerben Bruinsma

  2. VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gerben Bruinsma

  3. Department of Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

    David Weisburd

  4. Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel

    David Weisburd

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Farrell, G., Pease, K. (2014). Repeat Victimization. In: Bruinsma, G., Weisburd, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_128

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