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More than half of all victimizations in the US are not reported to police (U.S. Department of Justice, 2010). Research has shown that low reporting rates of violent crime may result from negative perceptions of law enforcement and victims’ concerns about how they will be treated by the police and courts (Parsons & Bergin, 2010).
When victims do notify the police that a crime has occurred, statistics show that the criminal justice system’s response may not always be optimal. In 2008, police failed to appear at the scene of 11.2% of the reported violent crimes in the US, and
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