Examining The Disparity Between Juvenile And Adult Victims in Notifying The Police : A Study of Mediating Variables  

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Watkins, Adam M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (http://jrc.sagepub.com/) vol. 42 no. 3 (Aug. 2005), page 333-353.
Topik: VICTIMS; victims; crime reporting; determinants
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Extant research has found that crimes against juveniles are substantially less likely that crimems agains adults to come to the attention of the police. Few studies, however have attempted to systematically examine variation in police reporting between juvenile and adult victim. With assault and roberry data from the 1994 - 2001 national crime victimizaton survey, this research explores this issue by addressing whether victim, offender and situational characteristics of crime are effective in mediating the disparity in police reporting between juvenile and adult victims. Current findings indicate that the relationship between juvenile and adult victims. Current findings indicate that the relationship between juvenile and adult victims. Current findings indicate that the relationship between juvenile victims and police reporting was only attenuated in part, after controlling for school victimizations and crimes perpetrated by juvenile offenders. Current findings also reveal that distinguishing crimes reported to non police officials had no effect, attenuating variation in police reporting between juvenile and adult victims.

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