Prior police contact and subsequent victim reporting: Results from the NCVS

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-501

  Xie, Min ^a   Pogarsky, Greg ^a   Lynch, James P ^b   McDowall, David ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b John Jay College   (United States)

Author keywords

NCVS; Procedural justice; Rational choice; Social learning; Victim report

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750360848     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820600985339     Document Type: Review

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