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Annual Review of Sociology

Volume 50, 2024

How Social Influence Affects Reporting: Toward an Integration of Crime Reporting, Whistleblowing, and Denunciation

Abstract

Reporting—often by ordinary individuals—is the most common means by which authorities become aware of crimes, misconduct, and other types of deviant behavior. In this article, I integrate research across a variety of disciplines and domains to review the role of social influence in the decision to report. Such influences operate at the individual, group, and societal levels to shape reporting behavior, as potential reporters respond to both direct and indirect pressures, along with considering the anticipated reactions of others were a report to be made. Together, these influences can either suppress or promote reporting, which shapes who is identified, investigated, and ultimately punished for deviant behavior within organizations, communities, and states.

Keyword(s): crime reporting, denunciation, snitching, social influence, social norms, whistleblowing
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