Neighbourhood Characteristics and Reporting Crime. Effects of Social Cohesion, Confidence in Police Effectiveness and Socio-Economic Disadvantage

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...

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Authors: Goudriaan, Heike (Author) ; Wittebrood, Karin (Author) ; Nieuwbeerta, Paul 1964- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2006
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2006, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Pages: 719-742
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