title: Do repeat victims of interpersonal violence have different demographic and socioeconomic characters from non-repeat victims of interpersonal violence and the general population? A population-based case-control study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study if adult repeat victims of violence have different demographic and socioeconomic character from non-repeat victims of violence and the general population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case-control study comparing demographic and socioeconomic characteristics before first-time victimisation among repeat victims of violence to that of non-repeat victims and population-based controls. Repeat and non-repeat victims were included from an urban emergency department and an institute for forensic medicine. Data was analysed using logistic regression in unadjusted, semi-adjusted, and fully-adjusted models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For almost all demographic and socioeconomic factors in our study, the strongest associations were found when repeat victims were compared to population-based controls, whereas associations obtained from comparison with non-repeat victims were less pronounced. Compared to non-repeat victims, factors most strongly associated with repeat victimisation were being a pensioner (OR 3.21), being unemployed (OR 2.11), high level of lifetime unemployment (OR 1.50), high level of household crowding (OR 1.49), and living without a partner (OR 1.30). Compared to population-based controls, factors most strongly associated with victimisation were being a pensioner (OR 6.83), being unemployed (OR 3.01), living without a partner (OR 3.15), high level of lifetime unemployment (OR 2.40), high levels of household crowding (OR 2.35), large age difference to partner (OR 1.82), and citizenship in a country outside Europe (OR 1.61).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study indicates that repeat victims of violence may be a demographic and socioeconomic subgroup of adult victims of violence characterised by certain pronounced risk factors which are already present at the time of the first episode of violent victimisation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. christian.faergemann@ouh.regionsyddanmark.dk
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faergemann
authors.forename: Jens M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lauritsen
authors.forename: Ole
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Brink
authors.forename: Preben Bo
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Mortensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data