International Crime Victim Survey (ICVS), 1989-1997

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Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Alvazzi del Frate, Anna (Other) ; Dijk, Jan Johannes Mattheüs van ; Kesteren, John van ; Mayhew, Patricia ; Svekic, Ugi ; Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (Issuing body)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, MI ICPSR, University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research Aug 24, 2001
In: International crime victimization survey (ICVS) series (1989/1997)
Year: 2001
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Keywords:
Citizen crime reporting
Commercial theft
Crime
Crime Prevention
Developing nations
Fear of crime
Injuries
International crime statistics
Law Enforcement
Nations
Offenses
Petty theft
Police Performance
Punishment
Reactions to crime
Robbery
Sanctions
Security systems
Sex Offenses
Sexual Harassment
Vandalism
Victimization
Victim services
Violence
crime rates
sexual assault
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Summary:1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements
The International Crime Victim Survey (ICVS) was a far-reaching program of standardized sample surveys that investigated householders' experiences with crime, policing, crime prevention, and perceptions of safety. The surveys were carried out in the following countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chechnia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Egypt, England and Wales, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany (West), Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Mongolia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Paraguay, the Philippines, Poland, Rumania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, the United States, Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe. The data were collected in three waves: 1989, 1992-1994, and 1995-1997. The main focus of the ICVS was whether the respondent was a victim of theft of or from vehicles, other thefts, vandalism, robbery, pickpocketing, sexual harassment or violence, or assault. The surveys also investigated the frequency of victimization, reasons for not reporting a crime to the police, familiarity with the offender in the case of a sexual offense, physical violence, injuries, fear of crime in the respondent's local area, use of help agencies for victims, satisfaction with police behavior, preferred legal sanctions, punishment, and length of detention for offenders, safety precautions when leaving home, possession of a gun, burglar alarm, or insurance, and frequency of going out ... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02973
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
DOI:10.3886/ICPSR02973