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- Title
Reflexive Retaliation for Violent Victimization: The Effect of Social Distance on Weapon Lethality.
- Authors
Jacques, Scott; Rennison, Callie Marie
- Abstract
During the course of being victimized, why do people sometimes fight back with their fists; in other cases, with a knife or blunt object; and at other times, with a firearm? One theory is that the weapons involved in self-defense, also known as reflexive retaliation, become less lethal as offenders and victims become more intimate and alike culturally. Using National Crime Victimization Survey data, we test hypotheses derived from this theory and primarily find support. This article concludes by discussing implications for future work.
- Subjects
CRIME victims; REVENGE; SOCIAL distance; HYPOTHESIS; SOCIOLOGY; SELF-defense; WEAPONS
- Publication
Violence & Victims, 2013, Vol 28, Issue 1, p69
- ISSN
0886-6708
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/0886-6708.28.1.69