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@article{ Avdija2010, title = {The influence of citizen interaction with the police on crime-reporting behavior: its manifestations among university students}, author = {Avdija, Avdi S. and Giever, Denis M.}, journal = {Criminology & Social Integration}, number = {2}, pages = {45-61}, volume = {18}, year = {2010}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-284281}, abstract = {"Citizen's crime-reporting is generally low, with a number of factors affecting its prevalence and incidence. Research suggests that there is an interrelationship between the type of contacts citizens have with the police (e.g., citizen-initiated or police-initiated), attitudes toward the police, police behavior, and crime-reporting behavior. To determine whether citizen interactions with the police infl uence crime-reporting behavior and attitudes toward the police, this study tested four research hypotheses. The fi ndings of this study suggest that predictors such as citizen-initiated contacts, police-initiated contacts, frequency of those contacts, and exposure to media about police misconduct cannot be used as a group but rather individually to predict all three different levels of crimereporting behavior (i.e., reporting of less serious crimes, reporting of medium-level crimes, and reporting of serious crimes)." (author's abstract)}, keywords = {police; Kriminalität; Bürger; behavior; Informationsaustausch; interaction; communication barrier; information exchange; criminality; Polizei; Interaktion; citizen; Kommunikationsbarriere; Verhalten}}