The measurement of crime victim reporting and police recording /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal:	Catalano, Shannan M.
Autor Corporativo:	ebrary, Inc
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	inglés
Publicado:	New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006.
Series:	Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:	National crime victimization survey report. Uniform crime reports (Washington, D.C.) Victims of crimes surveys > United States. Criminal statistics > United States. Victims of crimes > United States > Statistics. Electronic books.
Acceso en liña:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of 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.

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