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British Journal of Criminology Advance Access published online on November 18, 2005
British Journal of Criminology, doi:10.1093/bjc/azi096
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Neighbourhood Characteristics and Reporting Crime

Heike Goudriaan 1 *, Karin Wittebrood 2, and Paul Nieuwbeerta 3

1 Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology at Leiden University
2 Senior Researcher at the Social and Cultural Planning Bureau (SCP) in The Hague
3 Senior Researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR) in Leiden

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Heike Goudriaan, E-mail: h.goudriaan{at}law.leidenuniv.nl


  Abstract

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.

1 The authors are grateful to Eric Baumer, Wim Bernasco, Ferry Koster, Kim Ménard and the anonymous reviewers for helpful comments and suggestions on a previous draft of this article. Furthermore, they would like to thank the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) for their financial support.
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