Table US-1: Effectiveness of victim resistance methods
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| Method of Defense Employed by Victim Against Offender |
Confrontational Robbery[2] |
Assault[2] | Burglary[2][3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injury (pre) |
Injury (post) |
Loss | Injury (pre) |
Injury (post) |
Loss | Injury (post) |
Loss | |
| Shoot | 8.5 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 48.9 | 5.9 | 26.5 | 0.0 | 4.2 |
| Threaten with a gun | 13.5 | 9.0 | 16.3 | 24.9 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 2.6 | 16.6 |
| Any defense w/ firearm | 12.7 | 7.7 | 15.2 | 27.9 | 3.6 | 9.5 | 2.2 | 15.0 |
| Other weapon | 41.9 | 1.6 | 34.4 | 60.7 | 7.8 | 30.4 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| Fists | 52.1 | 7.7 | 46.9 | 82.7 | 8.6 | 64.3 | 5.4 | 13.5 |
| Threaten w/ other weapon | 15.9 | 0.0 | 23.3 | 30.6 | 2.8 | 15.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Threaten without weapon | 52.1 | 7.7 | 46.9 | 82.7 | 8.6 | 64.3 | 5.4 | 13.5 |
| Defended self/property[4] | 51.4 | 9.8 | 52.1 | 83.3 | 10.0 | 61.9 | 12.8 | 12.0 |
| Chased/tried to catch offender |
34.4 | 9.6 | 60.3 | 58.2 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 26.7 |
| Yelled at offender, turned on lights |
40.2 | 10.6 | 49.8 | 63.3 | 10.8 | 17.0 | 4.4 | 9.7 |
| Pretended to cooperate w/ offender |
12.6 | 6.5 | 81.5 | 37.6 | 14.7 | 38.1 | 15.5 | 37.9 |
| Argued/reasoned with attacker | 31.0 | 14.1 | 52.8 | 56.9 | 15.2 | 39.3 | 11.7 | 11.8 |
| (tried to) Run/drive away | 32.3 | 4.9 | 41.5 | 38.4 | 5.4 | 36.2 | 29.3 | 14.9 |
| Called police/guard | 23.6 | 3.4 | 56.0 | 48.5 | 4.6 | 12.9 | 2.8 | 14.3 |
| Try to attract attention | 45.6 | 14.0 | 41.1 | 70.4 | 6.7 | 39.5 | 21.2 | 16.1 |
| Screamed from fear/pain | 69.3 | 22.0 | 68.6 | 94.1 | 12.6 | 73.6 | 21.6 | 19.4 |
| Other methods of self-protection |
25.2 | 8.4 | 58.8 | 42.4 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 2.3 | 10.5 |
| All resistances (avg.) | 34.0 | 7.2 | 52.8 | 58.1 | 7.8 | 20.4 | 4.1 | 12.5 |
| None at all | 23.6 | n/a | 83.6 | 55.2 | n/a | 6.6 | n/a | 52.8 |
| All incidents | 30.2 | 4.5 | 69.9 | 57.4 | 5.9 | 14.2 | 2.2 | 30.5 |
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Statistics based upon data gathered from the US Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey (1992-1998) and compiled by criminologist Gary Kleck. Please insert newer data if you have it.
Notes
- ↑ Statistics based upon data gathered from the US Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey (1992-1998) and compiled by criminologist Gary Kleck. Please insert newer data if you have it.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Crime type of each incident was defined according to Bureau of Justice Statistics Type of Crime classification, which is based on the most serious crime element in the incident in question.
- ↑ Unauthorized person entered or tried to enter resident's home while resident was in the home.
- ↑ Struggled, ducked, blocked blows, hung onto property.
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