CRIME IN THE NATION'S FIVE LARGEST CITIES - NATIONAL CRIME PANEL SURVEYS OF CHICAGO, DETROIT, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, AND PHILADELPHIA, - ADVANCE REPORT, APRIL 1974

• NCJ Number: 13145
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 34 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: National Criminal Justice Information & Statistics Service
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Survey

Annotation

AN ADVANCE STATISTICAL REPORT OF VICTIMIZATION AND LEVELS OF CERTAIN CRIMES, PREPARED FOR LEAA BY THE CENSUS BUREAU AND COVERING THE FIVE LARGEST U.S. CITIES.

Abstract

THE PANEL USES SCIENTIFIC SAMPLING PROCEDURES TO GAUGE THE EXTENT OF VICTIMIZATION OF INDIVIDUALS OVER AGE 12, HOUSEHOLDS, AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS. IN EACH CITY, ABOUT 10,000 HOUSEHOLDS AND 2,000 COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS COMPRISED THE SAMPLE. ALTHOUGH RESPONDENTS WERE ASKED ABOUT A VARIETY OF CRIME RELATED EVENTS, ONLY CERTAIN SPECIFIC CRIMES WERE SELECTED FOR MEASUREMENT. FOR INDIVIDUALS, THESE WERE RAPE, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, AND PERSONAL LARCENY, FOR HOUSEHOLDS, BURGLARY, LARCENY, AND AUTO THEFT, AND FOR COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, BURGLARY AND ROBBERY. THE REPORT EXAMINES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTIMS AND, WHERE POSSIBLE, EXPLORES SUCH FACETS OF VICTIMIZATION AS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VICTIM AND OFFENDER, THE TIME AND PLACE OF OCCURRENCE, THE INJURY OR LOSS SUFFERED, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE EVENT WAS REPORTED TO THE POLICE. BECAUSE THE PANEL MEASURES VICTIMIZATIONS NOT REPORTED TO THE POLICE, IN ADDITION TO THOSE THAT COME TO OFFICIAL ATTENTION, IT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RATES OF VICTIMIZATION HIGHER THAN THOSE PREVIOUSLY DOCUMENTED. THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, UNDER PREPARATION, WILL INCLUDE DATA CONCERNING SAMPLING ERRORS AND ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL DETAILS ABOUT THE SURVEYS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) (SNI ABSTRACT)