The paper explores the relationship between crime victimization and political participation, making the argument that the observed (and oft-cited) relationship in surveys is the result of response bias. We show that people who are more extroverted, efficacious, and opinionated are more likely to respond positively to a question about victimization, and they are more likely to participate in politics. The implications of this finding are important and widespread—both for survey researchers interested in sensitive questions and for research on the relationship between crime and political engagement.

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犯罪、暴力和政治参与

该论文探讨了犯罪受害与政治参与之间的关系，认为调查中观察到的（和经常被引用的）关系是反应偏差的结果。我们表明，更外向、更有效率和更固执己见的人更有可能对受害问题做出积极回应，他们更有可能参与政治。这一发现的影响是重要且广泛的——对于对敏感问题感兴趣的调查研究人员和对犯罪与政治参与之间关系的研究来说都是如此。