Replication Data for: Criminal Victimization and Agency Attitudes in Mexico

In regions with protracted violence, why do some people view collective resistance as personally agentive relative to other forms of political participation? I argue that victimization experiences shape attitudes about civilian agency. Specifically, individuals who experience direct victimization are most likely to view collective resistance as agentive. To test this, I conceptualize individual-level agency attitudes as a multiform outcome to measure if individuals report that voting, nonviolent organizing or armed organizing is the best way they can personally improve their security. I account for if respondents feel uncertain or apathetic to their situation. In addition, I employ novel measures of victimization to investigate the heterogenous effects of high and low intensity types of victimization, as well as the effects of direct and indirect victimization experiences. Using original survey data from Mexico's criminal conflict, I find that direct victimization experiences are associated with viewing collective resistance as agentive.

在长期暴力肆虐的地区，为何部分群体相较于其他政治参与形式，会将集体抵抗视为具有个人能动性的行动选择？本文提出，受害经历会塑造个体关于平民能动性的态度。具体而言，曾遭受直接受害的个体最倾向于将集体抵抗视作具有能动性的行动方式。为验证这一论点，本文将个体层面的能动性态度概念化为多维度结果，以此衡量个体是否认为投票、非暴力组织行动或武装组织行动是其个人提升安全感的最优途径。本文同时控制了受访者对自身处境感到不确定或冷漠的情况。此外，本文采用创新性的受害衡量指标，探究不同强度（高、低）的受害类型以及直接、间接受害经历所产生的异质性影响。基于墨西哥刑事冲突的原创调研数据，本文发现直接受害经历与个体将集体抵抗视为具有能动性的行动方式显著相关。