TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Influence and Crime‐Victim Decision Making
AU - Ruback, R. Barry
AU - Greenberg, Martin S.
AU - Westcott, David R.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - Other people can affect a crime‐victim's decision to notify the police in at least four different ways: (a) by cuing the victim to a particular “script” or particular actions within a script, (b) by providing arguments and advice, (c) by indicating what normative standards operate within some group important to the victim, and (d) by providing socioemotional support or nonsupport. These four functions others serve can operate when the victim is labeling an event as a crime, when the victim is determining its seriousness, and when the victim is deciding what to do about it. This paper discusses these four functions in terms of relevant theoretical and empirical work. 1984 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
AB - Other people can affect a crime‐victim's decision to notify the police in at least four different ways: (a) by cuing the victim to a particular “script” or particular actions within a script, (b) by providing arguments and advice, (c) by indicating what normative standards operate within some group important to the victim, and (d) by providing socioemotional support or nonsupport. These four functions others serve can operate when the victim is labeling an event as a crime, when the victim is determining its seriousness, and when the victim is deciding what to do about it. This paper discusses these four functions in terms of relevant theoretical and empirical work. 1984 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1984.tb01082.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1984.tb01082.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84993848653
SN - 0022-4537
VL - 40
SP - 51
EP - 76
JO - Journal of Social Issues
JF - Journal of Social Issues
IS - 1
ER -
