NCJ Number
207377
Journal
Forum on Crime and Society Volume: 3 Issue: 1 & 2 Dated: December 2003 Pages: 127-140
Date Published
December 2003
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This overview of the methodology and findings of the International Crime Survey (ICS) for 2000 focuses on crime prevalence rates, the reporting of crimes to police, victimization trends for 1996-2000, and assessment of police performance.
Abstract
The ICS was conducted for the first time in 1989 in 14 developed countries. The fourth survey was conducted in 2000 and included 17 national surveys and 31 city surveys. National samples included at least 2,000 respondents, who were generally interviewed via computer-assisted telephoning. The survey provided an overall measure of criminal victimization in the previous year for 11 conventional crimes, not including consumer fraud and corruption. On average, approximately 28 percent of respondents experienced at least one form of victimization during the previous year. A table presents victimization rates for burglary, robbery, assault, and threat for the regions of Latin America, Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Australia, North America, and Western Europe. Crimes were more often reported to the police in Western Europe, North America, and Australia than in the other regions of the world. Crime reporting was less frequent in those regions where victimizations were more frequent. Respondents in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and Africa had the lowest levels of satisfaction with police efforts to prevent and control crime. 5 figures and 21 references