Variations in Victimization: The Relationship between Community Types, Violence against Women and Reporting Behaviors
Ryan Randa,
Sarah R. Bostrom,
Wyatt Brown
et al.
Abstract:Existing research suggests that victimization risk is higher among urban residents. Violence against women is a notable exception in this trend. While the literature does indicate that rural women are at equal risk for violent victimization, it does not differentiate between types of non-urban spaces (exurbs, suburbs, small towns, dispersed rural). We use a five-category measure of rural-urban location articulated land use to disentangle victim–offender relationship distribution using a female victim sample fr… Show more
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