Article : Examining the Effect of Selected Demographic Characteristics on Crime-Reporting Behavior  By Avdi S. Avdija and Dennis M. Giever,

Respond to the following: Answer the discussion(X1). Include at least 2 references.

A good response to a written question should combine your personal experiences with theory to support your work. Be thoughtful and insightful and it must demonstrate critical thinking and analysis.

A good response to the question should be about 3-4 paragraphs, and address all of the issues that are raised. (Introduction, body and conclusion.)

Demographics and Crime

Introduction

In this activity, you answer a discussion question based upon the article, "Examining the Effect of Selected Demographic Characteristics on Crime-Reporting Behavior." Only read pages in the Article: Introduction (pp. 790-795) and the Discussion (pp. 811-814)

To satisfactorily participate in this discussion, you will need to do some research of your own about crime victimization, as well.

Discussion Question

In the assigned reading, you examined the discussion of crime reporting. What demographic characteristic do you think has the greatest influence on crime victimization? Is it age, race, ethnicity, religion, etc? Why do you think that is? Are there statistics to confirm this? Give an example and provide citations and references to support your position.