Reporting crime to the police / Carlos Carcach.

Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1997.

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Crime prevention -- Australia.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia.

Victims of crimes -- Australia.

Citizen crime reporting -- Australia.

Victim surveys indicate that a large number of crimes are not reported to police. By using unit record data from the 1993 National Crime and Safety Survey, Carcach identifies the factors affecting Australians' willingness to report crime; analyses the significance this decision has on victims and the criminal justice system; isolates those factors which are influential in the decision to report crime; and discusses their implications for public policy and for future crime surveys. He deals with three offences: robbery, assault, and break and enter. - Publisher's website.

Cover title.

"March 1997."

Includes bibliographical references.

0642240345

0817-8542

6 pages ; 30 cm