Attitudes and Reality: The Impact of Perceptions of Police on Students' Victimization Reporting Behaviors

Autor/in	James, Jennifer Veronica
Titel	Attitudes and Reality: The Impact of Perceptions of Police on Students' Victimization Reporting Behaviors
Quelle	(2010), (209 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-1244-1555-0
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Violence; Sexual Abuse; Student Attitudes; Crime; Victims of Crime; Fear; Police; Law Enforcement; Campuses; College Students; Rape; Decision Making; Disclosure; Surveys; Gender Differences; Police School Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Gewalt; Sexueller Missbrauch; Schülerverhalten; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Furcht; Gesetzesvollzug; Collegestudent; Sexuelle Gewalt; Vergewaltigung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	The present study attempted to accurately measure crimes that occur on a college campus and whether students' perceptions of police influenced their decisions to report their victimization. A specific emphasis was placed on sexual assaults. Previous research has examined the reporting of sexual assault (Bachman, 1998; Sampson, 2002), sexual assault among university students (Fisher, Cullen & Turner, 2000; Ward et al., 1991), and perceptions of police by university students (Griffith, Hueston, Wilson, Moyers & Hart, 2004; Williams & Nofzinger, 2003), but no prior research has examined specifically whether students perceptions of police influence their decision to report serious crimes, including sexual assault. This study utilized a survey methodology to gather data which was analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively to determine what impacts victimization reporting and satisfaction with the police. The results of the analyses indicated that victimization reporting and satisfaction with the police was impacted by gender, with women being more likely to report victimization and holding higher satisfaction with the police. Results also showed that fear of victimization and perceptions of crime influence satisfaction with the police. Those with higher fear of victimization and perceptions of crime held lower satisfaction with the police. There was also limited support found for the proposition that perceptions of the police influence likelihood to report victimization. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10