CRIME AND ITS IMPACT, AN ASSESSMENT - TASK FORCE REPORT AND ITS IMPACT, AN ASSESSMENT

• NCJ Number: 494
• Author(s): J Vorenberg; H S Ruth
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 220 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-67-019
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: US President's Cmssn on Law Enforcement and Admin of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN OVERVIEW OF THE URBAN CRIME PROBLEM CONTAINING THE RESULTS OF A NUMBER OF RESEARCH STUDIES AND CONSULTANT PAPERS.

Abstract

THIS VOLUME MAKES USE OF THE RESULTS OF THREE MAJOR PUBLIC SURVEYS TO EXAMINE THE PROBLEM OF UNREPORTED CRIME, PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTIMS AND VICTIM-OFFENDER RELATIONSHIPS, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER CRIME PROBLEMS. CHAPTERS ARE DEVOTED TO THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF CRIME, WHITE COLLAR CRIME, RIOT CONTROL, AND AN APPRAISAL OF THE CURRENT NATIONAL SYSTEM OF STATISTICAL ACCOUNTING ON CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE MATTERS. THERE ARE THREE APPENDICES PREPARED BY CONSULTANTS, TWO METHODOLOGICAL NOTES AND A SERIES OF TABLES OF CRIME RATES FOR INDEX OFFENSES BY CITY RANK. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)