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Autore: | Catalano Shannan M |
Titolo: | The measurement of crime : victim reporting and police recording / / Shannan M. Catalano |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
Disciplina: | 362.88072/7 |
Soggetto topico: | Victims of crimes surveys - United States |
Criminal statistics - United States | |
Victims of crimes - United States | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The measurement of crime |
ISBN: | 1-59332-255-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910813262903321 |
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