Better safe than sorry? Police officers’ identification of and responses to vulnerable crime victims

This study addresses police officers’ identification of vulnerable victims and responses to these victims. Using an Articulated Thoughts in Simulated Situations (ATSS) approach, police officers (n = 51) responded to two scenarios regarding a victim who reported either a property crime or a stalking...

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Main Author: Raaijmakers, Niels (Author)
Contributors: Bosma, Alice K. ; Scholte, Ron H.J.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Policing and society
Year: 2024, Volume: 34, Issue: 8, Pages: 861–876
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