Near-repeat victimization of sex crimes and threat incidents against women and girls in Tokyo, Japan

Abstract Near-repeat victimization (NRV) is a phenomenon in which there is a greater likelihood for a subsequent crime to occur within close spatiotemporal proximity of the last occurrence of a similar crime. This study investigated the NRV of sex crimes and threat incidents against women and girls...

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Main Authors: Mamoru Amemiya, Tomoki Nakaya, Takahito Shimada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Crime Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40163-020-00114-9