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UI researcher finds gender gap narrowing among victims of certain crimes

Although the gender gap among victims of homicide and robbery has remained relatively stable over the last 30 years, the gap has closed significantly for aggravated and simple assault because male rates of victimization have declined faster than female rates. That is one finding of a first-of-its-kind study.

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