The measurement of crime : victim reporting and police recording

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Title:

Author:

Catalano, Shannan M.

ISBN:

9781593321550

Personal Author:

Catalano, Shannan M.

Publication Information:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006.

Physical Description:

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

Series:

Criminal justice

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

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.

Title Subject:

National crime victimization survey report.

Uniform crime reports (Washington, D.C.)

Subject Term:

Victims of crimes surveys -- United States.

Criminal statistics -- United States.

Victims of crimes -- United States -- Statistics.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0617/2006021760.html

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Summary

Catalano explains how changes in social perceptions of crime have contributed to increased correspondence in how both police and victims respond to crime. This correspondence between victim and police crime statistics raises important questions regarding public and official responses to crime over time. In addition, Catalano finds that increases in domestic violence legislation have contributed to increased police recording of aggravated assault.