vcd (version 1.4-4)

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")

Format

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

No	Name	Levels
1	First Victimization	Rape, Assault, Robbery, Pickpocket, Personal Larceny,
		Burglary, Household Larceny, Auto Theft
2	Second Victimization	Rape, Assault, Robbery, Pickpocket, Personal Larceny,

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

# NOT RUN {
data("RepVict")

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

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