The measurement of crime [electronic resource] : victim reporting and police recording / Shannan M. Catalano.
Catalano, Shannan M.
2006
HV6250.3.U5 C39 2006eb
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Title The measurement of crime [electronic resource] : victim reporting and police recording / Shannan M. Catalano.
Author Catalano, Shannan M.
ISBN 9781593322557 (electronic bk.)
1593322550 (electronic bk.)
Publication Details New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 216 p.) : ill.
Call Number HV6250.3.U5 C39 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.88072/7
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Available in Other Form Measurement of crime.
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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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