Assessing the Effect of Routine Activity Theory and Self-Control on Property, Personal, and Sexual Assault Victimization

Abstract

This study used a sample of 2,230 female university students to assess the applicability of routine activity theory and self-control on property, personal, and sexual assault victimization. Results indicate that (a) both self-control deficits and participation in drug sale behavior were significantly correlated with increased property, personal, and sexual assault victimization; (b) increased partying and shopping frequency and off-campus housing significantly and substantively correlated with increased property victimization; (c) off-campus housing was correlated with increased personal victimization; and (d) increased number of days spent on campus and increased frequency of partying significantly increased sexual assault victimization, net of controls. Future directions for the integration of feminist theory and strategies for crime prevention are discussed.

Does Alcohol Contribute to College Men’s Sexual Assault Perpetration? Between-and Within-Person Effects Over Five Semesters

“…These settings include women who are sexually vulnerable because of their intoxication (Graham et al, 2014;Testa & Livingston, 2009) and may offer peer support for sexual aggression (Swartout, 2013). Not surprisingly, college women's party attendance is associated with sexual victimization (Cranney, 2015;Franklin et al, 2012). Similarly, frequency of attending bars increases women's risk of sexual victimization independent of drinking (Pino & Johnson-Johns, 2009), and men frequently make sexual advances toward women in bars (Thompson & Cracco, 2008).…”

Developing a Risk Model to Target High-Risk Preventive Interventions for Sexual Assault Victimization Among Female U.S. Army Soldiers

“…We did this by reviewing the scientific literature on risk factors for sexual assault victimization and limiting the administrative variables considered in our analysis to those that operationalized the significant predictors in that literature. These predictors can be grouped into five categories, three of them having relevance to sexual assaults in any setting (i.e., socio-demographics, mental disorders, and prior experiences with crime) (Coxell, King, Mezey, & Gordon, 1999; Franklin, Franklin, Nobles, & Kercher, 2011; Harned, Ormerod, Palmieri, Collinsworth, & Reed, 2002; Jewkes, Sen, & Garcia-Moreno, 2002; Kimerling, et al, 2007; Merrill et al, 1999; Sadler, Booth, Cook, & Doebbeling, 2003; Tewksbury & Mustaine, 2001; Turchik & Wilson, 2010) and the other two being specific to the military (i.e., military career variables, military contextual-environmental variables) (Kimerling, et al, 2007; Sadler, et al, 2003; Turchik & Wilson, 2010). …”

Sorority Affiliation and Sexual Assault Victimization

“…Comparatively less attention has focused on victimization theories when discussing sexual assault to alleviate concerns of victim blame (but see Franklin, 2011;Franklin, Bouffard, & Pratt, 2012;Franklin, Franklin, Nobles, & Kercher, 2012;Mustaine & Tewksbury, 2002;Schwartz & Pitts, 1995). Even so, scholars have statistically modeled individual victim characteristics on sexual assault to understand factors that contribute to enhanced vulnerability among would-be victims (Franklin, 2010;Koss & Dinero, 1989;McCauley, Calhoun, & Gidycz, 2010;Turchik, Probst, Rivin, Chau, & Gidycz, 2010).…”