The legislative context of prejudice motivated victimisation: perceptions of police legitimacy and citizen decisions to report hate crime incidents

Wiedlitzka, Susann

doi:10.14264/uql.2016.194

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“…A factor analysis indicated that item (a) people in this community prefer that residents in the area are mostly Anglo Saxon IJCJ&SD 103 Online version via www.crimejusticejournal.com © 2018 7(2) and item (b) people in this community do not like having members of other ethnic groups as next door neighbours, loaded highly onto one factor. 6 For further information, see Wiedlitzka (2016). 7 We detected a partial mediation effect between property crime and identifying as an Australian citizen, indicating that being victimised by a property crime may partially explain why Australian citizenship is related to reporting crime to police.…”

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Perceptions of Police Legitimacy and Citizen Decisions to Report Hate Crime Incidents in Australia

Wiedlitzka

Mazerolle

Fay‐Ramirez

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Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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This article examines the importance of perceptions of police legitimacy in the decision to report hate crime incidents in Australia. It addresses an identified gap in the literature by analysing the 2011-2012 National Security and Preparedness Survey (NSPS) results to not only explore differences between hate crime and non-hate crime reporting but also how individual characteristics and perceptions of legitimacy influence decisions about reporting crime to police. Using the NSPS survey data, we created three Generalised Linear Latent and Mixed Models (Gllamm), which explore the influence of individual characteristics and potential barriers on the decision to report crime/hate crime incidents to police. Our results suggest that hate crimes are less likely to be reported to police in comparison to non-hate crime incidents, and that more positive perceptions of police legitimacy and police cooperation are associated with the victim's decision to report hate crime victimisation.

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Section: Police Legitimacy and Cooperationmentioning

confidence: 87%

Perceptions of Police Legitimacy and Citizen Decisions to Report Hate Crime Incidents in Australia

Wiedlitzka

Mazerolle

Fay‐Ramirez

et al. 2018

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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“…6. For more detailed information about the demographic variables please refer to Wiedlitzka (2016). 7.…”

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Risk Factors for Victimization and the Impact of Victim Status on Perceptions of Police Legitimacy in Australia

Wiedlitzka

2020

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Previous research highlights that important differences exist between victim groups, but the impact victim status can have on perceptions of police legitimacy remains underexplored. The following paper contributes to this body of literature by utilizing the National Security and Preparedness Survey (NSPS, 2011-2012) to explore the risk/protective factors for victimization and differences between prejudice motivated crime (PMC) victims, non-PMC victims and non-victims in the Australian context, using Multinomial Logit Regression models. This study provides new insights into key differences between victim groups and perceptions of government and police legitimacy in the victimization context.

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The legislative context of prejudice motivated victimisation: perceptions of police legitimacy and citizen decisions to report hate crime incidents

Abstract: Prejudice motivated crime (PMC) legislation varies across different jurisdictions in Australia. Some use criminal codes and civil codes, while other laws are based in anti-discrimination legislation. ii

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Perceptions of Police Legitimacy and Citizen Decisions to Report Hate Crime Incidents in Australia

Perceptions of Police Legitimacy and Citizen Decisions to Report Hate Crime Incidents in Australia

Risk Factors for Victimization and the Impact of Victim Status on Perceptions of Police Legitimacy in Australia

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