What influences whether fraud victims report the crime to police

As found in one of the studies in today's Crime Research Update

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Reporting fraud victimization to the police: factors that affect whether victims report

Journal: Psychology, Crime & Law
Keywords: fraud, victim, victimization, police, law
First author: Luka Koning (University of Twente) [+2 other authors]

In this study, researchers found that only 72 of 608 (11.8%) fraud victims had reported the crime to police. Fraud reports tended to be for more serious types of fraud, while victims from “urbanized areas” were less likely to report.

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