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 1-59332-155-4
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