RT Article
T1 Community capacity and the reporting of extortion victimization
JF International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
VO 49
IS 2
SP 157
OP 175
A1 Dulin, Adam
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1925060535
AB The present research examines the impact of actualised collective efficacy on the probability of reporting extortion victimisation in Mexico. The mechanisms that encourage crime reporting have been an important area of study for years, however the specific factors that increase the probability of reporting extortion have eluded examination. The analysis extends the concept of collective efficacy, adapting it to contexts where actual informal social control effects can be examined. Therefore, the present study moves beyond perceptions and measures knowledge of, and participation in, such neighbourhood activities. The statistical analysis of 3,453 cases of extortion revealed that both actualised collective efficacy and participation in informal social control were strong predictors of reporting extortion victimisation to authorities after controlling for 20 other potentially confounding variables.
K1 Mexico
K1 Extortion
K1 Crime reporting
K1 Collective Efficacy
DO 10.1080/01924036.2023.2271985