- Additional Authors
- Description
- x, 99 p. : digital, PDF file.
- Summary
- Offers an introduction and practical guidelines for the development and implementation of two types of surveys that police find increasingly useful: surveys of citizens and surveys of the physical environment.
- Series Statement
- Monograph
- Uniform Title
- Monograph (United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance)
- Subject
- Note
- Title from online pdf file (viewed on January 26, 2004).
- "October 1993."
- "Prepared by the Police Executive Research Forum, supported by cooperative agreement number 88-DD-CX-K022."
- "NCJ 143711."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60).
- System Details (note)
- Mode of access: Internet from the BJA web site. Address as of 2/6/09: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/polc.pf ; current access available via PURL.
- Contents
- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Part 1. Surveying citizens : a guide for police. Of what value are surveys? -- Who will be surveyed? -- How many will be sampled? -- How will the respondents be contacted? -- What questions will be asked? -- How to make sense of the data -- Conclusions -- Part 2. Environmental surveys for problem solving : a practical guide. Environmental surveys and problem solving -- The offender and rational decisionmaking -- Environmental surveys in practice -- Developing and using a survey instrument -- Drawing on other data sources -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. Example of a housing complex environmental survey -- Appendix B. Example of a block environmental problem identification survey -- Appendix C. Example of a drug "hot spot" survey -- Appendix D. Example of a situational environmental survey used for analyzing convenience store problems.
- Call Number
- GPO Internet J 26.30:P 75
- OCLC
- marcive54087277
- Title
A police guide to surveying citizens and their environment [electronic resource] / Bureau of Justice Assistance.
- Imprint
Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, [1993]
- Series
Monograph
Monograph (United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance)
- System Details
Mode of access: Internet from the BJA web site. Address as of 2/6/09: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/polc.pf ; current access available via PURL.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60).
- Connect to:
- Added Author
United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Police Executive Research Forum.
- Other Form:
Police guide to surveying citizens and their environment x, 99 p. (DLC) 96105782 (OCoLC)29381447
- Gpo Item No.
0717-N-01 (online)
- Sudoc No.
J 26.30:P 75
- Research Call Number
GPO Internet J 26.30:P 75