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John van Kesteren
Researcher at Tilburg University
Publications - 8
Citations - 607
John van Kesteren is an academic researcher from Tilburg University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Victimisation & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 8 publications receiving 589 citations. Previous affiliations of John van Kesteren include United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute.
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Criminal Victimisation in Seventeen Industrialised Countries. Key findings from the 2000 International Crime Victims Survey
TL;DR: The International Crime Victimization Survey (ICVS) as mentioned in this paper is the most far-reaching program of fully standardised sample surveys looking at householders' experience of crime in different countries.
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Guns, violent crime, and suicide in 21 countries
TL;DR: It is concluded that guns in the home are an important risk factor in suicide with guns, as well as a threat to women (especially female partners), whereas their role in homicide of male victims and street crime (such as robbery) may be much less prominent.
Cross-national attitudes to punishment
Pat Mayhew,John van Kesteren +1 more
TL;DR: The International Crime Victimization Survey (ICV Survey) as discussed by the authors has been used to explore variation across national boundaries as well as to test some hypotheses about public attitudes to punishment, using a truly international rather than simply a national sample.
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The International Crime Victims Surveys: A retrospective
TL;DR: The International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS) has been carried out six times over the period 1989-2010 as discussed by the authors, with many countries having taken part more than once in each time.
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Public Attitudes and Sentencing Policies Across the World
TL;DR: In this article, the attitudes of the population towards punishment from over thirty different countries taken from the International Crime Victim Surveys of 2004/2005 have been analyzed, showing that in many countries the public prefers non-custodial sentences for recidivist buglars.