The influence of citizen interaction with the police on crime-reporting behavior: its manifestations among university students

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

"Citizen's crime-reporting is generally low, with a number of factors affecting its prevalence and incidence. Research suggests that there is an interrelationship between the type of contacts citizens have with the police (e.g., citizen-initiated or police-initiated), attitudes toward the police, police behavior, and crime-reporting behavior. To determine whether citizen interactions with the police infl uence crime-reporting behavior and attitudes toward the police, this study tested four research hypotheses. The fi ndings of this study suggest that predictors such as citizen-initiated contacts, police-initiated contacts, frequency of those contacts, and exposure to media about police misconduct cannot be used as a group but rather individually to predict all three different levels of crimereporting behavior (i.e., reporting of less serious crimes, reporting of medium-level crimes, and reporting of serious crimes)." (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 45-61
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Criminology & Social Integration, 18(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Kriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologie ; Kriminalität ; Bürger ; Informationsaustausch ; Polizei ; Interaktion ; Kommunikationsbarriere ; Verhalten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Avdija, Avdi S. ; Giever, Denis M.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2010

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-284281
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST