Recurrent Victimization
摘要
This chapter reviews 32 research studies (representing 33 different samples) on personal recurrent victimization—defined as experiencing more than one personal victimization. Definitions, descriptions, and operationalizations of recurrent victimization were reviewed across studies, along with samples, methods, and prevalence rates. While nuances existed, this research broadly defined, operationalized, and/or referred to recurrent victimization as experiencing more than one victimization. Various types of victimization were examined, but a substantial proportion of this literature explored violent/physical victimization or threatened violent/physical victimization, assessing these experiences among general population, school-based, and high-risk samples. Prevalence rates ranged widely, depending on the sample used, victimization type(s) explored, and the measurement of recurrent victimization.