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What Does 'Don't Know' Mean? Explaining Citizen Don't Know Responses in Police Surveys

Grabosky, Peter; Liu, Jianhong; Hinds, Lynette Robyn

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Criminology. Criminologykriminologie important analytical and theoretical issues. The purpose of this article is to confront these issues direct and to show that DK reflects substantive causes rather than measurement inadequacy, Based on data from a sample survey of residents in a medium sized Australian city, the article tests hypotheses that attitudes towards police, contact with police, and community characteristics influence the likelihood of DK responses in answering police performance...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorGrabosky, Peter
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Jianhong
dc.contributor.authorHinds, Lynette Robyn
dc.contributor.editorHerausgegeben Von
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:41:03Z
dc.date.available2015-12-07T22:41:03Z
dc.identifier.isbn9788325563479
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/24131
dc.description.abstractCriminology. Criminologykriminologie important analytical and theoretical issues. The purpose of this article is to confront these issues direct and to show that DK reflects substantive causes rather than measurement inadequacy, Based on data from a sample survey of residents in a medium sized Australian city, the article tests hypotheses that attitudes towards police, contact with police, and community characteristics influence the likelihood of DK responses in answering police performance questions. Results show that negative attitudes towards police are not associated with DK responses, but that willingness to assist police and contact with police both reduce DK responses. Findings further show that DK has a substantive meaning linked to low crime salience in the community. implications of the findings for handling �Ks in police surveys are discussed. Despite the importance of the DK problem, no published work in police research has directly addressed this issue, and as a consequence, little guidance has thus far been offered to deal with it. This article is the first to do so.
dc.publisherWydawnictwo C.H.Beck
dc.relation.ispartofCurrent Problems Of The Penal Law and Criminology
dc.titleWhat Does 'Don't Know' Mean? Explaining Citizen Don't Know Responses in Police Surveys
dc.typeBook chapter
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
dc.date.issued2014
local.identifier.absfor180110 - Criminal Law and Procedure
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5734898xPUB30
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationGrabosky, Peter, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationLiu, Jianhong, University of Macau
local.contributor.affiliationHinds, Lynette Robyn, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage401
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage418
dc.date.updated2020-11-22T07:53:00Z
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationWarszawa
CollectionsANU Research Publications

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