https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128717719049 Crime & Delinquency 2018, Vol. 64(2) 201–226 © The Author(s) 2017 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0011128717719049 journals.sagepub.com/home/cad Article The Impact of Structural Disadvantage on the Gender-Gap and Sex-Specific Rates of Nonlethal Violent Victimization Ráchael A. Powers 1 , Alyssa W. Chamberlain 2 , and Lyndsay N. Boggess 1 Abstract This study examined the gendered impact of structural disadvantage and economic inequality on two forms of nonlethal victimization (assault and robbery). Compared with research on the gendered impact of structural disadvantage on perpetration, few studies have examined the differential susceptibility of men and women’s risk of victimization. We use data from the City of Los Angeles (2001-2007) to examine the relative influence of neighborhood characteristics on both the gender gap in victimization as well as sex-specific measures of assault and robbery victimization. In general, we largely find that neighborhood disadvantage and economic inequality do little to explain the gender gap in victimization; however, structure plays a more significant role in understanding sex-specific victimization rates, but the relationship varies by crime type. Keywords victimization, gender, social disorganization, structural inequality, poverty 1 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA 2 Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA Corresponding Author: Ráchael A. Powers, Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SOC 107, Tampa, FL 33620, USA. Email: powersr@usf.edu 719049CAD XX X 10.1177/0011128717719049Crime & DelinquencyPowers et al. research-article 2017