Title

Predicting risks of larceny theft victimization: A routine activity analysis using refined lifestyle measures

Authors

Authors

E. E. Mustaine;R. Tewksbury

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Criminololgy

Keywords

CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION; PERSONAL VIOLENCE; CRIME; LINK; Criminology & Penology

Abstract

Routine activity theory has long been plagued by a heavy reliance on proxy measures of lifestyles, which typically include demographic variables that are regularly used as measures of lifestyle and behavior. This reliance on indirect measures forces researchers to suppose how and why these indicators are related to victimization risks. Using detailed measurements of activities and specific structural aspects of communities,is clearly more desirable and beneficial when seeking to explain variances in victimization risks. This research advances theoretical understandings of victimization risks through an analysis of specific social activities, aspects of neighborhoods, and contribution of each to the risks of larceny victimization for college students. We find that greater specificity in measuring lifestyles is warranted, for it is not just leaving one's home and going out in public that increases one's risk for victimization (a typical finding of routine activity theory scholars), but where one goes and what one does that are the important larceny victimization predictors.

Journal Title

Criminology

Volume

36

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

829

Last Page

857

WOS Identifier

WOS:000076805900005

ISSN

0011-1384

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