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Examining the Paradox of Crime Reporting: Are Disadvantaged Victims More Likely to Report to the Police?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Heather Zaykowski ,
Erin Cournoyer Allain  and
Lena M. Campagna
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Abstract

This study uses an intersectional approach to examine the “paradox” that disadvantaged victims often mobilize the police, despite their distrust and lack of confidence in the law. Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (1994–2016) were analyzed using logistic regression to model the predicted probabilities of police notification by victims of crime. Economic disadvantage, as measured by family poverty and lack of a high school education, increased the probability that females reported their victimization to the police, but decreased the likelihood that males did so. Economically disadvantaged black females had the highest probability of reporting, while economically disadvantaged black and Hispanic males had the lowest. Examining the intersectional differences across social groups shows that reporting behavior is not just a function of one attribute but rather is a function of multiple identities and structural inequalities.

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Law & Society Review , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , December 2019 , pp. 1305 - 1340
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