Neighbourhood Characteristics and Reporting Crime
Abstract
Various scholars have suggested that neighbourhood social cohesion and confidence in police effectiveness influence the probability that victims report crime to the police, but this has never been properly tested. Neighbourhood socio-economic disadvantage is also often assumed to influence reporting, but empirical support is limited. This study examines the effects of these three characteristics on Dutch victims’ reporting decision. Data from a large-scale victimization survey are merged with data on characteristics of neighbourhoods to test the hypotheses. Hierarchical logistic modelling is used to analyse the nested data. The results show that, in addition to crime and victim features, neighbourhood social cohesion and socio-economic disadvantage affect reporting. Neighbourhood confidence in police effectiveness does not have an effect.
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Out of economic, neighborhood/social, and psychological factors that affect rational decision-making, this research identified psychological factors as the ones most hindering rational decision-making in older scam victims.
“Out of the economic, neighborhood/social, and psychological factors that affect rational decision-making (Goudriaan et al. 2006), this research identified psychological factors as the ones most hindering rational decision-making in older scam victims.”
From “If We Don’t Listen to Them, We Make Them Lose More than Money:” Exploring Reasons for Underreporting and the Needs of Older Scam Victims (2023) · cites this paper as Goudriaan et al. 2006
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- Authors
- Goudriaan, H., Wittebrood, K., & Nieuwbeerta, P.
- Affiliations
- Leiden University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Goudriaan, Heike
- ORCID
- Nieuwbeerta, Paul
- Venue
- The British Journal of Criminology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2005-11-18
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 719-742
- ISSN
- 0007-0955 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-3529
- OpenAlex
- W2132097689
- Cited by
- 254
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 12.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The British Journal of Criminology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Keywords
- crime reporting, neighborhood cohesion, public trust in police, victimization, reporting decisions
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