Automobile theft: Estimating the size of the criminal population

Animal abundance estimation procedures including a new method of Zelterman are applied in the criminological context of auto theft in the Australian Capital Territory. Using goodness-of-fit statistics and comparing the estimates with known clearance rates, it is estimated that during 1987 about 39%...

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Main Author: Collins, Mark F. (Author)
Contributors: Wilson, Richard M.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1990
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 1990, Volume: 6, Issue: 4, Pages: 395-409
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Keywords:
criminal population estimation
Auto Theft
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Summary:Animal abundance estimation procedures including a new method of Zelterman are applied in the criminological context of auto theft in the Australian Capital Territory. Using goodness-of-fit statistics and comparing the estimates with known clearance rates, it is estimated that during 1987 about 39% of offenders were charged with at least one count of auto theft. The results also indicate the extent of overrepresentation of juveniles in court statistics compared with their relative participation rate in auto theft.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/BF01066678