The measurement of crime: victim reporting and police recording
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Catalano, Shannan M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC 2006
Series:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index
Victim reporting and police recording -- The two measures of crime. The uniform crime reports. The national crime victimization survey. NCVS and UCR comparability. Counting and definitions between the NCVS and UCR -- Explaining the convergence. Changes in policing. Changes in population characteristics. Changes in the perception of crime. Changes in methodological design. Methodological change in the UCR. Methodological change in the NCVS -- Potential factors contributing to convergence. Disaggregated NCVS measures. Dependent variables. Explanatory variables. Demographic variables. Social attitudes. Design changes -- Hypotheses and analysis. Hypotheses. Analytic strategy. Stage one analysis. Stage two analysis -- The NCVS and UCR convergence. Summary of findings. Limitations and future research. Conclusion
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 216 p.)
ISBN:1593321554
1593322550
9781593321550
9781593322557

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