Victimization survey in the city of Esteio - State of Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This article presents the methodology and main results of a victimization survey conducted in 2007 in the City of Esteio (metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, Brazil), which included a sample of 781 households and 2.682 residents. Victimization and reporting-to-police data on crimes of burglary (in households and vehicles), robbery, theft and vandalism were collected in conjunction to some time, place, victims and aggressor characteristics of the offences. Risk analysis by logistic regression was done involving several factors hypothetically associated with the likelihood of victimization of households and individuals. Key words: Criminality. Victimization survey. City of Esteio / State of Rio Grande do Sul / Brazil. Classificação JEL: Z – Outros tópicos especiais (vitimização).