Victims of Crime: Results of a Representative Telephone Survey of 5,000 Citizens of the Former Federal Republic of Germany (From Victims and Criminal Justice, P 265-304, 1991, Gunther Kaiser, Helmut Kury, et al., eds. -- See NCJ-132477)

• NCJ Number: 132488
• Author(s): H Kury
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 40 pages
• Sale Source: Max-Planck-Institute Fur Auslandisches und Internationales Strafrecht
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: Germany (Unified)

Annotation

This report on the results of a representative 1989 telephone survey of 5,274 persons age 16 and upwards in the Federal Republic of Germany focuses on victimization rates for 11 offenses, fear of crime, and opinion of police services.

Abstract

The 11 offense categories in the questionnaire were vehicle theft, theft from vehicles, vandalism to cars, theft of two-wheeled vehicles with a motor, bicycle theft, burglary, attempted burglary, robbery, pickpocketing, sexual incidents, and violent assault or threat of assault. The number of crime victims of both sexes were nearly identical, and approximately 50 percent of the respondents had been victims of 1 of the 11 offense categories at least once within the last 5 years. The victimization rate in relation to the individual offenses was relatively widespread; the highest rate involved damage to cars (vandalism). The victimization rate in the northern States was higher than in the south. The majority of the victimizations occurred at or near the victim's home. There was a significant relationship between victimization and fear of crime as victims had more fear of crime than nonvictims. Crime victims were less satisfied with police services than nonvictims. 11 tables, 3 figures, and 26 references