Research Catalog

Title

The measurement of crime : victim reporting and police recording / Shannan M. Catalano.

Author

Catalano, Shannan M.

Publication

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006.

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Details

Description

xiii, 216 p, : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Of findings P.101

Series Statement

Criminal justice

Uniform Title

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Subject

• National crime victimization survey report
• Uniform crime reports (Washington, D.C.)
• Victims of crimes surveys > United States
• Criminal statistics > United States
• Victims of crimes > United States > Statistics

Genre/Form

• Electronic books.
• Statistics
• Statistiques.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

1593321554 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006021760

OCLC

• 70334975
• SCSB-10364577

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library