Social Wellbeing and Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System Report [pdf, 1.6 MB]
...NZCVS Cycle 2 (2018/19) 2.2 Social wellbeing and victimisation There is reason to believe that social wellbeing might affect an individual’s risk of being a victim, and vice versa. For example, being part of a well-connected community could be protective of victimisation. Also, experiencing a crime could reduce one’s general trust of others in society. Figure 2.7 shows that two of three indicators of social connectedness tend to be poorer amongst adults who had experienced c...