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Abstract: 

Crime comes in many forms. The majority of reported crimes involve nonstranger violence, consisting of property and drug crimes. (See Bur. of Just. Stats., “Felony Sentences in State Courts 1996,” NCJ-173939, US Dep’t of Just. (1999); Elizabeth Burney, Putting Street Crime in its Place, Centre for Inner-City Studies, Goldsmith’s College, Univ. of London (1990); Kathleen Maguire and Ann L. Pastore, eds., Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, available at www.Albany.edu/sourcebook (updated Aug. 16, 2001); Douglas D. Koski, “Vocational Education in Prison: Lack of Consensus Leading to Inconsistent Results,” 27 J. of Offender Rehab. 167-80 (1998) (citing sources).) The crimes that arouse the greatest fear in most people are violent, personal attacks by strangers. Although such face-toface, predatory encounters are the least common category of crime, comprising about 10% to 12% of all criminal events, they are the crimes most often reported in the media.

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Affiliations:  1: Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice, Distinguished Research Fellow.