What influences whether fraud victims report the crime to police

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

Mar 19, 2025

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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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Research by type of crime

Violence

The Presumption of Harm and Descriptions of Child Sexual Victimization: Sentencing the Victim-Offender

Journal: The British Journal of Criminology
Keywords: sexual abuse, offender, victim, victimization, sentencing, jurisdiction, rehabilitative, penal, punishment
First author: Bronwyn Arnold (Justice and Society, University of South Australia , Adelaide, South Australia, 5000 ,)

Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Interpersonal Childhood Adversities and Later Life Depressive Symptoms

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, domestic violence, victim, victimization
First author: Wenxing Wei (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA) [+1 other author]

Examining Trajectories of Peer Violence Experiences and Their Association with Gender Norms and Agency Among Adolescents: Evidence from China, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Indonesia

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, offender, victim, victimization
First author: Astha Ramaiya (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA) [+9 other authors]

Understanding Gender Differences in Acceptance of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Are Women Truly More Accepting Than Men?

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, intimate partner violence, intimate partner
First author: Joseph A. Kilgallen (Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) [+4 other authors]

General Outcomes of Bystander Action Scale: Factor Structure and Utility in Predicting Future Bystander Behaviors

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: assault, violence
First author: Alison Krauss (VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Waco, TX, USA) [+4 other authors]

Is Internet Gaming Disorder Associated with Trauma and Stress? Testing the Trauma Model of Addiction Among Young Adults

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, addiction, addictive, survivor, trauma
First author: Hong Wang Fung (School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) [+7 other authors]

Dimensional Structure of Parent–Child Emotion Dialogues in Families Exposed to Interpersonal Violence: Associations with Internalizing, Externalizing and Trauma Symptoms

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, domestic violence, trauma, regulation
First author: J. C. de Schipper (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands) [+2 other authors]

Property

Daytime and Nighttime Modulated the Activity of Potential Environmental Factors on Theft

Journal: Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Keywords: theft
First author: Lijian Sun [+7 other authors]

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]

Social support and HIV management among people who inject drugs: in-depth interviews in Delhi, India

Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: theft, drug use, harm reduction, drug, strategy, trial
First author: Rose P. Kaptchuk [+10 other authors]

Drugs

Is Internet Gaming Disorder Associated with Trauma and Stress? Testing the Trauma Model of Addiction Among Young Adults

Social support and HIV management among people who inject drugs: in-depth interviews in Delhi, India

Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: theft, drug use, harm reduction, drug, strategy, trial
First author: Rose P. Kaptchuk [+10 other authors]

Recent HIV testing and self-reported HIV prevalence among men who inject drugs in Afghanistan: a nationwide survey in 2019–2020

Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: harm reduction, drug
First author: Ajmal Sabawoon [+7 other authors]

Exploring the Association Between Homebrew Alcohol Consumption and Past Month Peak Alcohol Use Across Two Small Cities in China

Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use
First author: Anas Khurshid Nabil (Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University) [+2 other authors]

Correction: The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh

Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: harm reduction, drug
First author: James Nicholls [+10 other authors]

Exploring Associations Between Social Factors and Current Substance Use Among Older African Americans with HIV

Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use
First author: Timothy N. Crawford (Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine) [+1 other author]

Telehealth Disparities in Outpatient Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment among Medicaid Beneficiaries during COVID-19

Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use
First author: Sugy Choi (Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine) [+5 other authors]

Assessing Text Messaging Interactivity with a Vaping Cessation Intervention Among Latino Young Adults: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis

Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use, vaping
First author: Rafael H. Orfin (Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center) [+11 other authors]

Discriminatory Harassment and Marijuana Use Among Adolescents in Oregon Counties that Vary in Retail Availability of Marijuana

Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Keywords: substance use, marijuana
First author: Grisel García-Ramírez (Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation) [+2 other authors]

Diagnosing neurological comorbidities in patients with alcohol use disorder: Case report

Journal: Journal of Addictive Diseases
Keywords: addictive
First author: Margherita Vergadoro (First Chair of Internal Medicine, Alcohol-related Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova University Hospital) [+6 other authors]

White Collar

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]

Organized

Detecting, disrupting and deterring sexual exploitation of trafficked persons: leveraging beneficial ownership registries to reduce criminogenic information asymmetry and raise public expectations

Journal: Current Issues in Criminal Justice
Keywords: exploitation, criminal justice
First author: Christian Leuprecht (Royal Military College of Canada) [+4 other authors]

Same Harm but Different Penalties: Spatio-Temporal Pattern and Formation Mechanism of Non-Sale Child Trafficking in China

Journal: Journal of Human Trafficking
Keywords: human trafficking, penal
First author: Nuo Chen (Northwest University) [+3 other authors]

Technology Facilitated

None found today.

Research by criminal justice/legal system stage

Offending

The Presumption of Harm and Descriptions of Child Sexual Victimization: Sentencing the Victim-Offender

Effects of Empathy and Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy on Difficulties and Strengths in Juvenile Offenders

Journal: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Keywords: offender, regulation
First author: Nicolasa María Durán Palacio (Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, Medellín, Colombia) [+2 other authors]

Working with Women in Forensic Mental Health Care: Guidelines for Gender-Responsive Assessment and Treatment

Journal: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Keywords: offender, offending, trauma
First author: Vivienne de Vogel (Maastricht University, The Netherlands) [+3 other authors]

Public Health + Public Safety: Integrating Community Health Workers with Probation Officers to Improve Service Delivery for Justice-Involved Women

Journal: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Keywords: offender, probation, supervision
First author: Mariah Cowell Mercier (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA) [+2 other authors]

Examining Trajectories of Peer Violence Experiences and Their Association with Gender Norms and Agency Among Adolescents: Evidence from China, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Indonesia

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, offender, victim, victimization
First author: Astha Ramaiya (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA) [+9 other authors]

The Impact of Participation in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining Technical Education Certificate Programs on Rates of Recidivism

Journal: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Keywords: offender, conviction, corrections, incarceration, incarcerate, recidivism
First author: Tina L. Freiburger (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, USA) [+2 other authors]

Victimization

The Presumption of Harm and Descriptions of Child Sexual Victimization: Sentencing the Victim-Offender

Working with Women in Forensic Mental Health Care: Guidelines for Gender-Responsive Assessment and Treatment

Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Interpersonal Childhood Adversities and Later Life Depressive Symptoms

Examining Trajectories of Peer Violence Experiences and Their Association with Gender Norms and Agency Among Adolescents: Evidence from China, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Indonesia

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, offender, victim, victimization
First author: Astha Ramaiya (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA) [+9 other authors]

Is Internet Gaming Disorder Associated with Trauma and Stress? Testing the Trauma Model of Addiction Among Young Adults

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]

Dimensional Structure of Parent–Child Emotion Dialogues in Families Exposed to Interpersonal Violence: Associations with Internalizing, Externalizing and Trauma Symptoms

Policing

Explaining police officer intentions to leave their career field

Journal: Journal of Crime and Justice
Keywords: police, police officer
First author: Michael T. Rossler (Illinois State University) [+1 other author]

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]

Social support and HIV management among people who inject drugs: in-depth interviews in Delhi, India

Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: theft, drug use, harm reduction, drug, strategy, trial
First author: Rose P. Kaptchuk [+10 other authors]

Can harm be predicted? On the development and validation of a statistical model for predicting harm in missing person incidents

Journal: Policing and Society
Keywords: policing
First author: Aiden Sidebottom (University College London,) [+1 other author]

Courts

The Presumption of Harm and Descriptions of Child Sexual Victimization: Sentencing the Victim-Offender

Mandatory Prosecution in the Changing Time: A Systematic Literature Review

Journal: Criminal Justice Ethics
Keywords: prosecution, criminal justice
First author: Lan Chi Le [+5 other authors]

Social support and HIV management among people who inject drugs: in-depth interviews in Delhi, India

Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
Keywords: theft, drug use, harm reduction, drug, strategy, trial
First author: Rose P. Kaptchuk [+10 other authors]

The Impact of Participation in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining Technical Education Certificate Programs on Rates of Recidivism

Corrections

The Presumption of Harm and Descriptions of Child Sexual Victimization: Sentencing the Victim-Offender

Public Health + Public Safety: Integrating Community Health Workers with Probation Officers to Improve Service Delivery for Justice-Involved Women

The Impact of Participation in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining Technical Education Certificate Programs on Rates of Recidivism

Same Harm but Different Penalties: Spatio-Temporal Pattern and Formation Mechanism of Non-Sale Child Trafficking in China

Journal: Journal of Human Trafficking
Keywords: human trafficking, penal
First author: Nuo Chen (Northwest University) [+3 other authors]

Public Policy

Effects of Empathy and Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy on Difficulties and Strengths in Juvenile Offenders

Book Review: Space, Urban Politics, and Everyday Life: Henri Lefebvre and the U.S. City SchwarzeT. Space, Urban Politics, and Everyday Life: Henri Lefebvre and the U.S. City. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, 2023$159.99 (PBK).

Journal: Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal
Keywords: politics
First author: Rowland Atkinson (University of Sheffield, UK)

Mandatory Prosecution in the Changing Time: A Systematic Literature Review

Journal: Criminal Justice Ethics
Keywords: prosecution, criminal justice
First author: Lan Chi Le [+5 other authors]

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]

College students’ attitudes towards individuals convicted of a sexual offense

Journal: Criminal Justice Studies
Keywords: criminal justice
First author: Synari A. Lyons (Florida International University) [+1 other author]

Dimensional Structure of Parent–Child Emotion Dialogues in Families Exposed to Interpersonal Violence: Associations with Internalizing, Externalizing and Trauma Symptoms

Detecting, disrupting and deterring sexual exploitation of trafficked persons: leveraging beneficial ownership registries to reduce criminogenic information asymmetry and raise public expectations

Journal: Current Issues in Criminal Justice
Keywords: exploitation, criminal justice
First author: Christian Leuprecht (Royal Military College of Canada) [+4 other authors]

The Future of International Criminal Justice is Corporate

Journal: Journal of International Criminal Justice
Keywords: criminal justice, law
First author: Elies van Sliedregt (Professor of Criminal Law and Procedure, Tilburg University , Tilburg,)

Unsorted Research

All of today's research was sorted into the above categories.

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What influences whether fraud victims report the crime to police

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

Research by type of crime

Violence

Property

Drugs

White Collar

Organized

Technology Facilitated

Research by criminal justice/legal system stage

Offending

Victimization

Policing

Courts

Corrections

Public Policy

Unsorted Research

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