Estimating the incidence of rape and sexual assault

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Introduction -- Legal definitions and context -- Data from law enforcement agencies -- National Crime Victimization Survey -- Selected other surveys on rape and sexual assault -- Comparison of rape and sexual assault across data sources -- Potential sources of error in the NCVS : sampling, frame, an...

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Corporate Author: National Research Council. USA (Other)
Contributors: Kruttschnitt, Candace (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC National Academies Press 2014
In:Year: 2014
Online Access: Freie elektronische Version
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 6818
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Keywords:
Rape > United States > Statistics
Criminal statistics > United States > Evaluation
Rape > Research > United States
Sex crimes > Research > United States
Sex crimes > United States > Statistics
USA > Vergewaltigung > Sexueller Missbrauch > Kriminalstatistik
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Summary:Introduction -- Legal definitions and context -- Data from law enforcement agencies -- National Crime Victimization Survey -- Selected other surveys on rape and sexual assault -- Comparison of rape and sexual assault across data sources -- Potential sources of error in the NCVS : sampling, frame, and processing -- Potential sources of error : nonresponse, specification, and measurement -- Synopsis of potential error in the National Crime Victimization Survey -- New directions for measuring rape and sexual assault
Physical Description:XIII, 261 S., graph. Darst.
ISBN:0-309-29737-0
978-0-309-29737-0
DOI:10.17226/18605