Neighborhood Disadvantage and Reliance on the Police

Autor/inn/en	Schaible, Lonnie M.; Hughes, Lorine A.
Titel	Neighborhood Disadvantage and Reliance on the Police
Quelle	In: Crime & Delinquency, 58 (2012) 2, S.245-274 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-1287
DOI	10.1177/0011128708322531
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Crime; Disadvantaged Youth; Drug Abuse; Police; Geographic Location; Police Community Relationship; Reports; Socioeconomic Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Sozioökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	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.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10