RT Article
T1 Are female offenders underreported compared to male offenders: a German-Greek comparison of crime reporting, rating of offence seriousness and personal experiences of victimisation
JF European journal on criminal policy and research
VO 22
IS 4
SP 635
OP 653
A1 Stroh, Michael
A2 Eichinger, Matthias 1983-
A2 Giza, Adam 1987-
A2 Hirschmann, Nathalie 1983-
A2 Bögelein, Nicole 1981-
A2 Pitsela, Angelika
A2 Neubacher, Frank 1965-
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1555742335
AB The difference in official crime statistics between women and men is a constant fact in criminology, but has yet to be explained in a satisfactory way. There are few studies addressing the issue of why this gender gap is larger in registered crime than it is in self-report studies. The study at hand comprises a survey among Greek and German students to examine whether this gap could be attributed to a gender-specific reporting of crime. Participants’ self-reported experiences of victimisation and their rating of the seriousness of offences depicted in case vignettes were used to gain insight into varying tendencies to report a crime depending on the offender’s gender. The act of reporting a crime did not vary gender-specifically.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 651-653
K1 Crime reporting
K1 Crime seriousness
K1 Experiences of victimization
K1 Female offenders
K1 Gender gap
K1 Germany
K1 Greece
DO 10.1007/s10610-016-9302-5