The difference in official crime statistics between women and men is a constant fact in criminology, but has yet to be explained in a satisfactory way. There are few studies addressing the issue of why this gender gap is larger in registered crime than it is in self-report studies. The study at hand comprises a survey among Greek and German students to examine whether this gap could be attributed to a gender-specific reporting of crime. Participants’ self-reported experiences of victimisation and their rating of the seriousness of offences depicted in case vignettes were used to gain insight into varying tendencies to report a crime depending on the offender’s gender. The act of reporting a crime did not vary gender-specifically.
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Stroh, M., Eichinger, M., Giza, A., Hirschmann, N., Bögelein, N., Pitsela, A., & Neubacher, F. (2016). Are Female Offenders Underreported Compared to Male Offenders? A German-Greek Comparison of Crime Reporting, Rating of Offence Seriousness and Personal Experiences of Victimisation. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 22(4), 635–653. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-016-9302-5
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