Title

Time dynamics of elder victimization: Evidence from the NCVS, 1992 to 2005

Authors

Authors

D. N. Lanier;T. L. Dietz

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Soc. Sci. Res.

Keywords

Macroeconomic; Crime; NCVS; Time-series; Crime Bill of 1994; Elder; Victimization; FRACTIONAL-INTEGRATION METHODS; CRIME RATES; UNITED-STATES; RISK-FACTORS; LONG MEMORY; UNEXPECTED FINDINGS; EMPIRICAL-ANALYSIS; POLITICAL-SCIENCE; HOMICIDE RATES; PROPERTY CRIME; Sociology

Abstract

Persons who are relatively younger have a comparably higher incidence of crime victimization than those who are older. Comparative studies of crime rates among those 65 and older with those for younger persons across time are virtually nonexistent. This study provides these analyses. Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey are used to study the relative victimization rate among US elders. Macroeconomic indicators and environmental interventions were included to examine whether structural forces influence elder crime victimization rates. Such influences are fractionally cointegrated with the long-term elder property and personal crime rates, with each having a distinct data-generating process. The results of these analyses suggest that personal, but not property, crime rates have declined since the passage of the Crime Bill of 1994. As well, the summer months are associated with elevated rates of property crime committed against elders but not personal crime. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Social Science Research

Volume

41

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

444

Last Page

463

WOS Identifier

WOS:000300523400018

ISSN

0049-089X

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