NCJ Number
13314
Date Published
1974
Length
199 pages
Annotation
METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES IN A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE WHO WERE VICTIMS OF ASSAULTIVE CRIMES OR CRIMES OF COMMON THEFT.
Abstract
THE DAYTON-SAN JOSE PILOT SURVEY OF VICTIMIZATION WAS THE FIRST JOINT EFFORT BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION (LEAA) AND THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS TO APPLY THEIR VICTIMOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS TO A GENERAL POPULATION SAMPLE. DURING JANUARY 1971, SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED IN A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF PRIVATE HOMES AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO (DAYTON), AND SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (SAN JOSE). IN PERSONAL INTERVIEWS A SERIES OF QUESTIONS WAS ASKED TO DETERMINE IF A CRIME HAD OCCURRED. IF ONE HAD, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WERE ASKED TO DETERMINE THE NATURE OF THE CRIME AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING IT. HALF OF THE PERSONS INTERVIEWED WERE ALSO ASKED THEIR ATTITUDES ABOUT CRIME. THE CRIMES FOR WHICH INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED WERE EITHER ASSAULTIVE CRIMES OR CRIMES OF COMMON THEFT RAPE, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, BURGLARY, AND LARCENY-INCLUDING AUTO THEFT. THE REPORT CONTAINS A NARRATIVE DISCUSSION OF THE SURVEY RESULTS. STATISTICAL DESIGN, PROCEDURES, AND DATA LIMITATIONS ARE PRESENTED IN A SEPARATE APPENDIX, AS ARE THE SURVEY INSTRUMENTS USED. THE ACTUAL FIGURES OBTAINED FROM DAYTON AND SAN JOSE ARE REPRODUCED IN TABULAR FORM AND ARE DIVIDED INTO FIVE MAIN SECTIONS CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTIMS, CHARACTERISTICS OF INCIDENTS, CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLD PROPERTY CRIME VICTIMS, CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLD INCIDENTS, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMERCIAL CRIMES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) (SNI ABSTRACT)