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Interpersonal Criminology : Revisiting Interpersonal Crimes and Victimization by South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (Tirunelveli, India). International Conference;Jaishankar, K is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Crime surveys of businesses have revealed that while crimes in which men were victims tend to be reported, those in which women were victims are likely to go unreported to the police. Understanding the reasons behind male reporting and female non-reporting is useful not only for collection of crime statistics but also for improving crime control competences of law enforcement agencies. This article examines the impact of crime involving market women on their crime-reporting practices in Oyo town, Oyo State, Nigeria. The study adopted quantitative and qualitative approaches. Copies of a questionnaire were administered to collect quantitative data from randomly selected 210 market women at Akesan, Sabo, and Mosadoba markets in Oyo town. Five focus group discussions, in-depth and key informant interviews were conducted to complement quantitative data. Both data were analyzed. The study found that cultural considerations stand between crime events that hurt the economic interests of women and their readiness to report to the police. Due to the very low confidence that market women have in the ability and willingness of the police to apprehend criminals, they prefer to internalize their

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Author

South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (Tirunelveli, India). International Conference;Jaishankar, K

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781315368528

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Law, Social Science