Abstract

A previous article demonstrated that, from an analysis of data derived from a quantitative survey of 1,629 adult Scottish residents, being "angry", rather than being "afraid" was the reaction most respondents thought they would feel when imagining crime victimisation, irrespective of age, gender or victim-status. This article plumbs the same data-base, but here considers reactions to actual victimisations experienced in the past year. When initial reactions are considered, only assault victims experience other reactions more than that of anger. When later reactions are examined, respondents report less anger (except for assault), much less fear (particularly for assault) and many more non-fear and non-anger responses. These results are placed in the context of other research, and against a qualitative background derived from interviews conducted with an initial sample of different respondents. Some possible reasons for the relative neglect of victim-anger are discussed.

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