The measurement of crime: victim reporting and police recording

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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 characterist...

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1. VerfasserIn: Catalano, Shannan Michelle (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York LFB Scholarly Publ. LLC 2006
In:Jahr: 2006
Online-Zugang: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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UB: KB 20 A 2192
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Schlagwörter:
National crime victimization survey report
Uniform crime reports (Washington, D.C.)
Victims of crimes surveys > United States
Criminal statistics > United States
Victims of crimes > Statistics > United States
Victims of crimes > United States > Statistics
USA > Kriminalstatistik
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physische Details:XIV, 216 S., graph. Darst.
ISBN:1-59332-155-4