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UNINA9910813262903321 |
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Autore |
Catalano Shannan M |
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Titolo |
The measurement of crime [[electronic resource] ] : victim reporting and police recording / / Shannan M. Catalano |
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New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Victims of crimes surveys - United States |
Criminal statistics - United States |
Victims of crimes - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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