When do people report crime to the police? Results from a factorial survey design in the Netherlands, 2010

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-134

  Tolsma, Jochem ^a   Blaauw, Joris ^a   te Grotenhuis, Manfred ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crime reporting; Duration; Factorial survey design; Victimization; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860699852     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-011-9138-4     Document Type: Article

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