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RepVict: Repeat Victimization Data

Description

Data from Reiss (1980) given by Fienberg (1980) about instances of repeat victimization for households in the U.S. National Crime Survey.

Usage

data("RepVict")

Arguments

Format

A 2-dimensional array resulting from cross-tabulating victimization. The variables and their levels are as follows:

NoNameLevels
1First VictimizationRape, Assault, Robbery, Pickpocket, Personal Larceny,
Burglary, Household Larceny, Auto Theft
2Second VictimizationRape, Assault, Robbery, Pickpocket, Personal Larceny,
Burglary, Household Larceny, Auto Theft

References

S. E. Fienberg (1980), The Analysis of Cross-Classified Categorical Data, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2nd edition.

A. J. J. Reiss (1980), Victim proneness by type of crime in repeat victimization. In S. E. Fienberg & A. J. J. Reiss (eds.), Indicators of Crime and Criminal Justice. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

M. Friendly (2000), Visualizing Categorical Data. SAS Institute, Cary, NC.

Examples

Run this code
data("RepVict")

mosaic(RepVict[-c(4,7),-c(4,7)], gp = shading_max,
       main = "Repeat Victimization Data")

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