The-costs-of-crime-victimisation-in-Aotearoa.pdf [pdf, 2 MB]
...affected. A closely related strand of literature analyses the effects of local crime rates on residents’ wellbeing and other outcomes, rather than the effects on an individual of being a victim of crime. These are interpreted as indirect costs of crime, through inflicting fear of crime 2There is ongoing related but as yet unpublished work for NZ using the IDI to examine the effects of criminal victimisation. Focusing on victims’ mental health, Bindler et al. (n.d.) identify crime victims...