NCJ Number
25183
Date Published
1974
Length
300 pages
Annotation
RESULTS OF A 1972 SURVEY OF 9,700 HOUSEHOLDS AND 2,000 BUSINESSES IN WHICH RESPONDENTS WERE ASKED ABOUT THEIR VICTIMIZATION FROM ASSAULTIVE VIOLENCE WITH AND WITHOUT THEFT, AND THEFT WITHOUT ASSAULT.
Abstract
THIS REPORT PROVIDES AN ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE DATA ON CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION IN NEWARK GATHERED BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION AND STATISTICS SERVICE. DATA IS PRESENTED ONLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE OVER 12 YEARS OF AGE AND WHO RESIDE WITHIN THE CITY. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VICTIMS, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VICTIM AND OFFENDER AND DETAILS OF THE VICTIMIZATIONS ARE REPORTED. THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE REPORT EXAMINES THE COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION OF THE CITY, PRESENTS A SUMMARY OF THE SURVEY FINDINGS, AND PROVIDES A DESCRIPTIVE OVERVIEW OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF NEWARK. THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY WERE THAT: BLACKS SUFFER A HIGHER RATE OF VICTIMIZATION THAN WHITES; THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VICTIMIZATIONS WERE PERSONAL THEFTS WITHOUT ASSAULT, FOLLOWED BY ASSAULTIVE VIOLENCE WITH NO THEFT; THE TWO MAJOR RACES IN NEWARK APPEAR TO VICTIMIZE THEMSELVES; AND THAT THE POOR, YOUNG, AND UNEMPLOYED ARE THE MOST LIKELY VICTIMS OF CRIME. THE SECOND VOLUME OF THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE CORE TABLES OF THE VICTIMIZATION SURVEY AND ANALYSES OF THE DATA PRESENTED IN THESE TABLES.