British Journal of Criminology Advance Access originally published online on November 18, 2005
British Journal of Criminology 2006 46(4):719-742; doi:10.1093/bjc/azi096
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The British Journal of Criminology 46:719-742 (2006)
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Neighbourhood Characteristics and Reporting Crime
Effects of Social Cohesion, Confidence in Police Effectiveness and Socio-Economic Disadvantage1
* Heike Goudriaan is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University, Karin Wittebrood is Senior Researcher at the Social and Cultural Planning Bureau (SCP) in The Hague, and Paul Nieuwbeerta is Senior Researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR) in Leiden.
Correspondence address: Heike Goudriaan, Leiden University, Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, PO Box 9520, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands; e-mail: h.goudriaan{at}law.leidenuniv.nl.
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, but empirical support is limited. This study examines the effects of these three characteristics on Dutch victims’ reporting decision. Data from a large-scale victimization survey are merged with data on characteristics of neighbourhoods to test the hypotheses. Hierarchical logistic modelling is used to analyse the nested data. The results show that, in addition to crime and victim features, neighbourhood social cohesion and socio-economic disadvantage affect reporting. Neighbourhood confidence in police effectiveness does not have an effect.
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