The measurement of crime [[electronic resource] ] : victim reporting and police recording / / Shannan M. Catalano
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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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| 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.: | 9910777816403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)