Reporting to the police by Hispanic victims of violence.
Though reporting violence to the police has been extensively investigated, the nature of Hispanic reporting of victimization has not. This is surprising because Hispanics are the fastest growing and largest ethnic group in the United States. Using over a decade of data from the National Crime Victimization Survey, this article investigates Hispanic reporting of victimization relative to non-Hispanic Whites, Blacks, American Indians, and Asians. Findings show that Hispanics are significantly less likely to report the most serious of violence compared to non-Hispanic Whites, but are more likely than non-Hispanic Whites to report simple assaults. Few reporting differences between Hispanics and other victim groups were observed. In addition, analyses indicate a positive relationship between educational attainment and reporting by Hispanics-a predictor not shared by any other group.
Rennison
Callie Marie
CM
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri at St. Louis 63121-4499, USA. rennisonc@umsl.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D035846:Law Enforcement; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016495:Police / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011902:Rape / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology