RT Article
T1 Crime trends through two decades of social changes in Spain
A1 García España, Elisa
A2 Díez Ripollés, José Luis
A2 Perez, Fatima
A2 Benítez Jiménez, María José
A2 Cerezo, Anabel
LA English
YR 2010
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/158852213X
AB "Over the last two decades, the Spanish social fabric has undergone a variety of profound changes, which in turn may explain the rise in police-recorded crime and prison population figures. Although the rise in crime reported to the police has been higher for common offences—misdemeanors—, the mainstream media concentrates overwhelmingly in serious violent crimes—felonies—. Spain does not have an official agency responsible for conducting victimization surveys to measure crime trends as directly experienced by the citizens. Based on this methodology, our study shows that contrary to information gathered from police data, and despite social fabric changes, crime in Spain is decreasing. The present study also reveals the distorted public perception of this trend, which seems to respond to a repetitive coverage of serious crime by the mainstream media." [author's abstract]
CN 301
DO 10.1007/s10611-010-9262-5