CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1976

• NCJ Number: 49543
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 128 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: National Criminal Justice Information & Statistics Service
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Commerce
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NATIONAL CRIME SURVEY REPORT

Annotation

THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF ANNUAL REPORTS DEALING WITH FINDINGS FROM THE NATIONAL CRIME SURVEY PRESENTS DATA ON SELECTED CRIMES OF VIOLENCE AND THEFT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1976.

Abstract

THIS PUBLICATION INCLUDES BOTH EVENTS THAT WERE REPORTED TO THE POLICE AND THOSE THAT WERE NOT. IT SUCCEEDS CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1975 (NCJ-44593), PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 1977. THE 107 STATISTICAL TABLES, COVERING INFORMATION ON VICTIMS, OFFENDERS, CRIME CHARACTERISTICS, AND OTHER TOPICS, ARE BASED ON A REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY OF SOME 136,000 PEOPLE AND 41,000 BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED TWICE DURING THE COURSE OF THE DATA COLLECTION PERIOD, AT 6-MONTH INTERVALS, THE FOLLOWING CRIMES WERE INVESTIGATED--FOR INDIVIDUALS: RAPE, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, AND PERSONAL LARCENY; FOR HOUSEHOLDS: BURGLARY, HOUSEHOLD LARCENY, AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; FOR COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS: BURGLARY AND ROBBERY. SELECTED FINDINGS ARE COVERED IN A SPECIAL SECTION. INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEX OF OFFENDERS, A TOPIC NOT COVERED IN THE 1975 REPORT, IS PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME. METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIXES AND A SERIES OF TECHNICAL NOTES ARE APPENDED AS AIDS TO THE INTERPRETATION OF SURVEY RESULTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED-BAC)