NCJ Number
18575
Date Published
1973
Length
133 pages
Annotation
ANALYSIS OF A VICTIMIZATION SURVEY AMONG PROJECT TENANTS INCLUDING A SOCIOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OFFENDERS, OFFENSES, AND VICTIMS.
Abstract
THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT REPORTED CRIMES IN THE PROJECT REPRESENTED ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF ALL CRIMES THAT OCCURRED THERE. THE MOST FREQUENT AND SERIOUS CRIMES WERE BURGLARY (433 PER 1,000 HOUSEHOLDS), VANDALISM, ARSON, AND MALICIOUS DAMAGE. A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THE OFFENSES WERE COMMITTED BY YOUTHS IN THE PROJECT, ESPECIALLY FROM THE AGES 12 THROUGH 16. THE STUDY WAS BASED ON A QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED TO A SAMPLE OF RESIDENTS IN INTERVIEWS. QUESTIONS COVERED RATES OF INCIDENCE OF CRIME, KINDS OF CRIME, DESCRIPTIONS OF WHO WAS COMMITTING THE CRIMES, CONCERNS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD CRIME, ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS TOWARDS PROGRAM ALTERNATIVES TO CURB CRIME, AND A PROFILE OF RESIDENT CHARACTERISTICS. STATISTICS ARE PROVIDED ON RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE.