CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES - A COMPARISON OF 1975 AND 1976 FINDINGS - A NATIONAL CRIME SURVEY REPORT

• NCJ Number: 44132
• Author(s): R W DODGE
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 88 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: National Criminal Justice Information & Statistics Service
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF ANNUAL REPORTS DEALING WITH YEAR-TO-YEAR CHANGE IN VICTIMIZATION RATES FOR SELECTED CRIMES MEASURED BY THE NATIONAL CRIME SURVEY.

Abstract

COMPARISONS ARE MADE, USING DATA FROM 1975 AND 1976, FOR RAPE, PERSONAL ROBBERY AND LARCENY, ASSAULT, HOUSEHOLD BURGLARY AND LARCENY, MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, AND COMMERCIAL BURGLARY AND ROBBERY. A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF TRENDS IN VICTIMIZATION RATES FROM 1973 TO 1976 IS ALSO INCLUDED. INFORMATION IS PRESENTED ON THE USE OF WEAPONS IN THE COMMISSION OF CRIMES AND ON THE REPORTING OF CRIMES TO THE POLICE. THE DATA WERE COLLECTED FOR LEAA BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS AND WERE BASED ON PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF ABOUT 61,000 HOUSEHOLDS AND 15,000 COMMERCIAL FIRMS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)