‘It’s not worth it, it’s just a bike’. Reporting property crimes in South-eastern European countries

The aim of this paper is to examine South-eastern European students’ experiences being victims of criminal offences against property or being witnesses to criminal offences against property; to compare the extent to which students reported the crimes they were victims of or had witnessed; and to exa...

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Main Author: Pavlović Vinogradac Valentina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN 2020-12-01
Series:Archiwum Kryminologii
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Online Access:http://czasopisma.inp.pan.pl/index.php/ak/article/view/2009/pavlovi%C4%87_vinogradac_%E2%80%98it%E2%80%99s_not__7420AK2020J.pdf
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Summary:The aim of this paper is to examine South-eastern European students’ experiences being victims of criminal offences against property or being witnesses to criminal offences against property; to compare the extent to which students reported the crimes they were victims of or had witnessed; and to examine their willingness to report a theft of property of minor value (bicycle theft) in a hypothetical victimization situation, considering their country of residence and previous experience of reporting. The survey was conducted by an online survey in seven countries of South-eastern Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Hungary, Northern Macedonia, Slovenia, and Serbia) on a sample of 1,419 students. The results indicate that a large proportion of property crimes go unreported, although most students are willing to report them.
ISSN:0066-6890