SURVEY STUDIES OF THE VICTIMS OF CRIME

• NCJ Number: 31964
• Author(s): W G SKOGAN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 165 pages
• Grant Number(s): 74-NI-99-0028
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ESSAYS ON VICTIMS PERCEPTIONS OF CRIME AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE REPORTING OF CRIMES TO THE POLICE, THE COSTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF VICTIMIZATION, AND THE USE OF SURVEY STUDIES OF CRIME FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING.

Abstract

TOPICS INCLUDE THE HOUSEHOLD AND COMMERCIAL VICTIMIZATION SURVEYS CONDUCTED FOR L.E.A.A. BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, AND L.E.A.A.'S NATIONAL CRIME SURVEY TO DESCRIBE THE VOLUME AND CHARACTER OF CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES, THE NATURE OF ITS VICTIMS, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF VICTIMIZATION. THE ESSAYS ALSO EXAMINE THE DETERMINANTS OF CITIZEN REPORTING OF VICTIMIZATIONS TO THE POLICE AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF NON-REPORTING FOR THE VICTIMS OF CRIME AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. OTHER ESSAYS STUDY THE SOURCES OF ERROR IN THE FBI'S UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS AND IN THE VICTIMIZATION SURVEY DATA, REVIEW THE RESEARCH LITERATURE ON THE USES OF INTERVIEW DATA IN THE EVALUATION OF POLICE ACTIVITIES, AND SUMMARIZE SOME THOUGHTS ON THE USES OF MATERIAL GATHERED IN VICTIMIZATION SURVEYS FOR THE EVALUATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)