Burglary

Waller, Irvin; Okihiro, Norman

doi:10.3138/9781487574208

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“…Maquire (1984), in a field study conducted in Britain, found that At least four out of every five cases take place in unoccupied houses during the daytime or evening; contact between victim and offender is rare, and violence even rarer;…serious damage or ransacking occurs in under 4% of the cases. (p. 221) Waller and Okihiro (1978) found in a survey of 116 victims that ransacking occurred in only three incidents and that the cost to repair damages was less than $50 in four fifths of all incidents. Though 25% of the respondents indicated that they were home at the time of the burglary, the confrontation was relatively peaceful and the victim and burglar were often acquainted.…”

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confidence: 99%

Formation and change in lay evaluations of criminal sentencing: Misperception and discontent.

Stalans¹,

Diamond²

1990

Law and Human Behavior

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In public opinion polls, a substantial proportion of lay respondents report that judges are too lenient. We examine the factors that contribute to this perceived judicial leniency. The majority of lay respondents in our study said that judges are "too lenient" in their sentencing of burglary offenders; yet, their own sentencing preferences were more lenient than the required minimum sentence for residential burglary. Our survey and experimental data suggest that citizens' opinions are formed by their inaccurate impressions of the seriousness of actual criminal cases as well as actual judicial sentencing practices. Our experimental research indicates that opinions of judicial leniency can be changed by providing respondents with an example of the typical case that comes before the court. Directions for future research are discussed.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Formation and change in lay evaluations of criminal sentencing: Misperception and discontent.

Stalans¹,

Diamond²

1990

Law and Human Behavior

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“…In addition, property crime victims will decide not to report due to their past victimization experiences, such as if their loss could not be recovered (Waller and Okihiro, 1978). However, those victims who had insurance to cover their loss tended to report crimes regardless of their past victimization experience (Haghighi, 1985).…”

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“…The victim’s perception of utility is based on material benefit. If reporting the crime incident to the police will result in compensation from insurance companies or the government, or will result in the recovery of the stolen item by the police, then there is no reason why the victim would be unwilling to report the crime (Waller and Okihiro, 1978). In addition, the victim’s perception of security through reporting the crime to the police is to avoid re-victimization and to alleviate fear of potential victimization (Thomas, 1980).…”

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Determinants of property crime victims to report to the police in Taiwan

Sheu

Chiu

2012

International Review of Victimology

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The main purpose of this article is to examine the determinants that influence property crime victim reporting behavior using data collected from the 2005 National Crime Victimization Survey in Taiwan. By using a multi-stratified sampling procedure, data on 18,046 persons 12 years or older were collected through telephone interviews. We analyzed the determinants of victim reporting behavior and clarified the reasons for not reporting using five types of property crime À larceny, robbery, motorcycle theft, vehicle theft, and burglary, and constructed models to predict reporting for larceny, robbery, motorcycle theft, and burglary. We found that a very high percentage of vehicle theft was reported, approximately 94%, while larceny had the lowest reporting rate at 19.14%. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that crime incident variables were the major influences on reporting behavior for larceny, robbery, motorcycle theft, and burglary. Personal variables had a significant impact only on both larceny and robbery. Finally, environmental variables only affected motorcycle theft. In addition, the main reason for not reporting was 'minor crime, minor loss, or loss of property having been recovered,' namely, victims' subjective and objective perceptions of the level of incident severity were the dominant determinant of property victim reporting behavior.

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“…A more informative procedure to measure attitudes about sentencing is to allow respondents to designate what they feel to be appropriate sentences for real or hypothetical offenders. For example, Waller and Okihiro (1978) used a mock sentencing paradigm in which subjects assigned a sentence for a burglary offence, and the resultant sentences were more consistent with current court practice than with global judgements that courts are too lenient. This might lead us to conclude that the answers to the more global questions are not the result of generally punitive attitudes.…”

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