“This paper explores whether there are factors that may place some people at greater risk of experiencing crime in South
African than others. The paper is one of a series of papers presenting the findings of the National Crime and Victimisation
Survey conducted by the Institute for Security Studies in 2007.This paper analyses the victimisation trends emerging from the data. It attempts to go beyond a basic reading of results to identify statistically what characteristics influence victimisation; the relative importance of different factors; and, whether they increase or decrease the likelihood of experiencing different types of crime. It does this using regression modelling of variables identified both in the preliminary analysis of the 2007 findings and in a range of similar studies.”
