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ERIC Number: EJ958207
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Mar
Pages: 30
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0011-1287
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Neighborhood Disadvantage and Reliance on the Police
Schaible, Lonnie M.; Hughes, Lorine A.
Crime & Delinquency, v58 n2 p245-274 Mar 2012
Contemporary theories suggest that, due to limited access and generalized distrust, residents of disadvantaged neighborhoods are relatively unlikely to report matters to police. Although existing studies reveal few ecological differences in crime reporting, findings may be limited to victim/offense subsets represented in aggregated victimization data. Using calls-for-service (CFS) data from a Pacific Northwest city, this study assesses the degree to which neighborhood block groups (N = 164) vary in incidents reported to police overall and subsequent to the elimination of a major nonemergency-reporting mechanism. Two hypotheses are assessed: First, CFS rates will vary inversely with neighborhood disadvantage, net of the effect of objective levels of crime and other control variables; second, CFS originating in affluent neighborhoods will exhibit greater year-to-year decreases relative to disadvantaged neighborhoods following reduction of local reporting services in 2004. Findings from spatial analyses indicate that residents of disadvantaged neighborhoods tend to rely on police for assistance as much as, if not more than, people elsewhere. (Contains 4 tables, 3 figures and 12 notes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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