Citation

Flexon JL, Guerette RT. J. Crim. Justice 2009; 37(6): 608-616.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.09.009

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Despite the widespread use of media crime prevention campaigns targeting both potential victims and offenders, there exists only superficial understanding about their effectiveness. Less is known about possible differential effects of such campaigns across those who consume them. Early research evaluating the effect of victim-focused campaigns found that they were effective, however, the influence varied across different citizen groups. Comparatively little is known about the impact of offender-focused campaigns, generally, and it remains uncertain whether the influence of these campaigns also varies across potential offending subpopulations. Using national survey data (N=820) from the offender-focused