RepVict {vcd} | R Documentation

## Repeat Victimization Data

### Description

Data from Reiss (1980) given by Fienberg (1980) about instances of repeat victimization for households in the U.S. National Crime Survey.

### Usage

    data(RepVict)

### Format

A 2-dimensional array resulting from cross-tabulating victimization. The variables and their levels are as follows:

No | Name | Levels
1 | First Victimization | Rape, Assault, Robbery, Pickpocket, Personal Larceny,
|  | Burglary, Household Larceny, Auto Theft
2 | Second Victimization | Rape, Assault, Robbery, Pickpocket, Personal Larceny,
|  | Burglary, Household Larceny, Auto Theft

### Source

Michael Friendly (2000), Visualizing Categorical Data, page 113.

### References

S. E. Fienberg (1980), The Analysis of Cross-Classified Categorical Data, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2nd edition.

A. J. J. Reiss (1980), Victim proneness by type of crime in repeat victimization. In S. E. Fienberg & A. J. J. Reiss (eds.), Indicators of Crime and Criminal Justice. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

M. Friendly (2000), Visualizing Categorical Data. SAS Institute, Cary, NC.

### Examples

    data(RepVict)

    mosaic(RepVict[-c(4,7),-c(4,7)], gp = shading_max,
           main = "Repeat Victimization Data")

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