Rural, Suburban, and Urban Variations in the Polyvictimization of Women: Results from the National Crime Victimization Survey

• In Event: Violence Against Women in Rural Communities: International Perspectives

Abstract

Though there is an extensive literature on polyvictmization, virtually all of it is concerned with the effect of childhood trauma and victimization on currently distressed children and adolescents. To date, no large study has looked at geographic or settlement type variations in the polyvictimization of adult women in the U.S. Using National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) data, the authors examine whether such differences do, in fact, exist. The Implications for further empirical and theoretical work are also addressed.

Authors

• Walter Steven DeKeseredy, West Virginia University

• Callie Marie Rennison, University of Colorado Denver