Arbetsrapport, Institutet för Framtidsstudier - Institute for Futures Studies
No 2005:8:
Den ojämlika utsattheten. Utsatthet för brott bland fattiga och rika 1984-2001.
Anders Nilsson ()
and Felipe Estrada ()
Abstract: The article studies inequalities in exposure to crime. The
central question examined is that of whether increased differences in
living conditions are reflected in an increased inequality in the area of
victimisation. The study shows that exposure to violent and theft crimes
have followed different trends over the past twenty years for
poorly-resourced and well-resourced groups respectively. The proportion
experiencing victimisation, first and foremost in the form of violence and
threats, but also to some extent in the form of residential burglaries, is
significantly greater among the poor than among the rich. Furthermore, the
difference between these two groups has become greater. While both those
with mid-range and particularly high-incomes have experienced a
stabilisation and even a reduction in levels of violence and residential
thefts since the beginning of the 1990s, levels of victimisation have
continued to rise among the poor. This increased concentration of crime to
the more poorly-resourced segments of society is in part explained by
changes in the composition of the different groups. During the period
covered by the study, the poor have come increasingly to be comprised of
demographic groups at high risk of victimisation. The principal pattern,
i.e. that of an increase in the victimisation risk among the poor and of
stable or reduced risk levels among the rich, remains however even when
controls are included for group-composition. The analyses are based on data
from Statistics Sweden's (SCB) surveys of living conditions, which ask a
representative sample of the population about their living conditions and
exposure to crime over the course of the past year.
Keywords: Inequality of victimisation; exposure to crime; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: D63; (follow links to similar papers)
25 pages, June 2005
ISSN 1652-120X ISBN 91-89655-66-4
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