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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822324003321

Titolo

Estimating the incidence of rape and sexual assault / / Candace Kruttschnitt, William D. Kalsbeek, Carol C. House, editors, panel on measuring rape and sexual assault in Bureau of Justice Statistics Household Surveys : Committee on National Statistics Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-309-29740-0

0-309-29738-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

364.042015195

Soggetti

Criminal statistics - United States - Evaluation

Rape - Research - United States

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Acknowledgments; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Legal Definitions and Context; 3 Data from Law Enforcement Agencies; 4 National Crime Victimization Survey; 5 Selected Other Surveys on Rape and Sexual Assault; 6 Comparison of Rape and Sexual Assault Across Data Sources; 7 Potential Sources of Error in the NCVS: Sampling, Frame, and Processing; 8 Potential Sources of Error: Nonresponse, Specification, and Measurement; 9 Synopsis of Potential Errors in the National Crime Victimization Survey; 10 New Directions for Measuring Rape and Sexual Assault; References

Appendix A: Need for the Study Appendix B: Workshop and Public Meetings: Agendas and Participants; Appendix C: Links to Questionnaires of the National Crime Victimization Survey; Appendix D: Selected Surveys Measuring Rape: An Overview; Appendix E: Statistical Rationale Behind Some Initial Findings on the Relative Statistical Plausibility of a Multiple-Frame Approach to Estimating the Victimization Rate of Rape and Sexual Assault; Appendix F: Biographical



Sketches of Panel Members and Staff; Committee on National Statistics