RT Book
T1 The measurement of crime: victim reporting and police recording
T2 Criminal justice
A1 Catalano, Shannan Michelle
LA English
PP New York
PB LFB Scholarly Publ. LLC
YR 2006
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1601175434
AB Victim reporting and police recording -- The two measures of crime. The uniform crime reports. The national crime victimization survey. NCVS and UCR comparability. Counting and definitions between the NCVS and UCR -- Explaining the convergence. Changes in policing. Changes in population characteristics. Changes in the perception of crime. Changes in methodological design. Methodological change in the UCR. Methodological change in the NCVS -- Potential factors contributing to convergence. Disaggregated NCVS measures. Dependent variables. Explanatory variables. Demographic variables. Social attitudes. Design changes -- Hypotheses and analysis. Hypotheses. Analytic strategy. Stage one analysis. Stage two analysis -- The NCVS and UCR convergence. Summary of findings. Limitations and future research. Conclusion
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV6250.3.U5
SN 1593321554
K1 National crime victimization survey report
K1 Uniform crime reports (Washington, D.C.)
K1 Victims of crimes surveys : United States
K1 Criminal statistics : United States
K1 Victims of crimes : Statistics : United States
K1 Victims of crimes : United States : Statistics
K1 USA : Kriminalstatistik