Gender and victimisation

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  • Gender and victimisation
    • Large-scale national victim surveys (crime survey for England and Wales)
      • HOMOCIDE VICTIMS: 70% males. Female victims likely to know their killer in 60% of cases by partners. Males by a friend
      • VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE: Less women than men are victims of violence (2% to 4%)
        • Women victimised by acquaintance, men by stranger
        • Women more likely to be victims of sexual abuse
        • Ten times more women report being assaulted than men
        • 8% of females experienced serious sexual assault = report to police. A third didn't report
    • Mismatch between fear and risk?
      • RESEARCH - Women have greater fear of crime CSEW- Women less risk of victimisation
      • Lea and Young (1993) women are at greater risk than men
      • victim survey do not convey the severity of victimisation EXAMPLE: Walby and Allen (2004) show that women are more likely to be victims of multiple incidents Ansara and Hindin (2011) women experienced more severe violence and control

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