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Perceptions of police legitimacy and citizen decisions to report hate crime incidents in Australia
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posted on 2023-06-09, 13:37 authored by Susann Wiedlitzka, Lorraine Mazerolle, Suzanna Fay-Ramirez, Toby Miles-JohnsonThis 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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International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social DemocracyISSN
2202-7998Publisher
Queensland Uuniversity of TechnologyExternal DOI
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2Volume
7Page range
91-106Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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2018-06-01First Open Access (FOA) Date
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2018-06-01Usage metrics
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