Measuring crime through victimization: some methodological lessons from the ICVS

The objective of this study is to demonstrate that there are design errors in the International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS) that lead to biases in the estimates of victimization rates. This will be verified, firstly, by comparing the crime rate derived from the ICVS microdata with that based on the...

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Authors: Ródenas Calatayud, Carmen (Author) ; Doval, Antonio (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: European journal of criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 17, Issue: 5, Pages: 518-539
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Keywords:
Comparative criminology
Crime statistics
ICVS
Statistical bias
Victimization surveys