Family Victimization: An Application of Lifestyle and Routine Activity Theory

Research presented within this thesis summarizes the factors associated with family victimization and family homicide. Emphasis is placed on assessing the utility of hypotheses derived from the routine activity and lifestyle theories of criminal victimization to explain the similarities and differences between family violence and criminal violence. Causal models are tested using data from the 1985 National Family Violence Survey for marital violence and the 1978 Zahn and Reidel Homicide in Eight American Cities for family homicide.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Kelley, Debra Sue

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bordua, David

• Sociology, Criminology and Penology
• Sociology, Individual and Family Studies

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9329079

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72478