Local safety and victimization surveys as a data source for evidence-based prevention policies
Using crime data sources is crucial both for the implementation of evidence-based policies and for understanding crime and its patterns. Police recorded crimes have long been the main data source used by policy makers, as well as by researchers. However, police recorded crime data have also been sub...
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| Medienart: | Druck Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2024
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| In: |
The crime data handbook
Jahr: 2024, Seiten: 23-33 |
| Verfügbarkeit prüfen: | HBZ Gateway |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Using crime data sources is crucial both for the implementation of evidence-based policies and for understanding crime and its patterns. Police recorded crimes have long been the main data source used by policy makers, as well as by researchers. However, police recorded crime data have also been subject to criticism due to the measurement error resulting, especially, from under-reporting. In response to this concern, victimization surveys are a reliable source of data to estimate crime in geographic areas. When the scope is local, surveys provide data for estimating crimes which take place at certain urban areas. While measuring and analysing crime patterns is a relevant topic, we argue that it is also essential for prevention policies to use data sources which provide information about feelings of security and community safety indicators. Local victimization surveys are one of the main data sources that address these topics. By reviewing long-standing and significant surveys which offer data at a local level, the chapter exposes how these surveys are a useful tool to support local and regional authorities in the design, implementation and evaluation of their prevention and security policies. |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 30-33 |
| ISBN: | 9781529232042 |
