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To Call or Not to Call? Factors Influencing American Indian or Alaska Natives’ Propensity to Report Violent Victimization to Police

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“To Call or Not to Call? Factors Influencing American Indian or Alaska Natives’ Propensity to Report Violent Victimizations to Police” – Kiley E. Molinari, Jessica L. Burke, & Jessica M. Doucet

Abstract

This study uses the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), located under the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to examine several factors predicted to influence calls to the police. The NCVS conducted yearly, has been collecting data on criminal victimization since 1973, and asks basic demographic information such as the person’s age, race, and sex as well as questions about the crime and offender. For the purposes of this study, data from 1999-2021 was used to examine the social factors that predict whether American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AIAN) call the police to report a victimization from a violent crime. Preliminary data involving people who identified themselves as AIAN, and the reasons they either did, or did not, contact the police after an incident happened to them were explored. A logistic regression analysis was used to examine the following variables: household income, sex, marital status, age, education, location, victim/offender relationship, weapon use, and victim/offender race. This analysis will help to determine which predictors influence whether or not a personal victimization was reported to the police.

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