| Recent investigations into the factors that are associated with criminal victimization have employed models that include both aggregate-level and individual-level predictors. These multi-level models are based on the premise that characteristics at both levels contribute to explaining variation in victimization. Although results are mixed, there is evidence that aggregate-level factors (i.e., neighborhood ethnic heterogeneity and incivilities) condition the effects of individual-level characteristics. Though informative, research has not investigated the effects that these aggregate and individual-level characteristics have on college student victimization. Using a national sample of 4,446 female college students, we use hierarchical linear modeling to estimate the effects that individual-level and contextual-level characteristics have on the risk of different types of on-campus sexual victimization. The theoretical and policy implications of this research are discussed. |
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