CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES - A REPORT OF A NATIONAL SURVEY

• NCJ Number: 620
• Author(s): P H ENNIS
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 111 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: University of Chicago
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ALTHOUGH NEARLY ONE-HALF OF VICTIM CRIMES GO UNREPORTED, THE SURVEYED CRIME APPROXIMATED POLICE STATISTICS BY CATEGORY DISTRIBUTION.

Abstract

HALF OF THE DEFENDANTS BELIEVED THE JUDICIAL RESPONSE TO BE TOO LENIENT. THERE WAS NO CONSENSUS ON THE PROPER DEGREE OF POLICE POWER. BEING VICTIMIZED, INCREASED ONE'S CONCERN ABOUT PERSONAL SAFETY. THE QUESTIONNAIRES USED IN THE SURVEY MAY BE FOUND IN THE APPENDICES.