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

Mamoru Amemiya; Tomoki Nakaya; Takahito Shimada

doi:10.1186/s40163-020-00114-9

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

Mamoru Amemiya, Tomoki Nakaya, Takahito Shimada

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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 in Tokyo. An analysis using the Knox ratio showed significant near-repeat patterns of sex crimes and two types of threat incidents, with the exception of threat incidents with physical contact against girls. Additionally, the tendency of NRV was revealed as being stronger when the victims were girls.

Original language	English
Article number	5
Journal	Crime Science
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-020-00114-9
Publication status	Published - 2020 May 13

Keywords

Girls
Near-repeat victimization
Sex crime
Threat incident
Tokyo
Women

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Cultural Studies
Urban Studies
Safety Research
Law

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

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