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Preferred term
lifestyle theory
Definition(s)
- In 1978, Michael Hindelang, Michael Gottfredson, and James Garofalo published Victims of Personal Crime: An Empirical Foundation for a Theory of Personal Victimization. In this book, the authors stated that people play a role in their own victimization by engaging in lifestyles and making certain lifestyle choices that make them more accessible to offenders and easier targets for crime. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Lifestyle Theory]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WP8ZWMC8-Z
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