This study assessed the impact of victim self protection(SP)
actions on the outcomes of sexual assaults in Korea. Data on 79
sexual assault cases, not including rape cases, recorded in the
1997 and 1999 Korea Crime Victimization Survey were used to
estimate multivariate models of crime outcomes with ordinal
logistic regression. Results indicated that self-protection in
general, both active and reactive, reduced the likelihood of injury,
controlling for other variables. Results did not change after
including 7 rape cases in the models. The positive effect of
self-protection on the outcome did not depend on the victim’s age
and the number of offenders but on the victim-offender
relationship. When victims knew the sexual offender, the tactics
including "threatening the offender"and "try to escape" were not
effective in reducing injury. Although it was difficult to draw a
conclusion on the effect of victim resistance given the limitation
of the data, victim resistance appears to be generally a wise
course of action.