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The British Journal of Criminology 38:78-87 (1998)
© 1998 Centre for Crime & Justice Studies (formerly ISTD)

RESEARCH-ARTICLE

BURGLARY REVICTIMIZATION

The Time Period of Heightened Risk

MATTHEW B. ROBINSON

Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina

Research into the phenomenon of revictimization has consistently demonstrated that a very small proportion of all people and places suffer from a disproportionate amount of victimizations. Whenever victims of both personal and household crimes are likely to be victimized again, victimization is most likely to occur a very short time after the initial offences. Findings from this study confirm these ideas. Only 1.2 per cent of all residences in the jurisdiction studied suffered from 29 per cent of all burglaries reported to the police between the years 1992 and 1994. Furthermore, 25 per cent of the burglary revictimizations occurred within one week of the initial offences, while 51 per cent occurred within one month. These findings are discussed in the context of prevention of burglary revictimization.


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