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NEW SOUTH WALES - UNREPORTED CRIME

NCJ Number
25951
Author(s)
A A CONGALTON; J M NAJMAN
Date Published
Unknown
Length
17 pages
Annotation
REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF AN INTERVIEW SURVEY OF 600 HOUSEHOLDS IN METROPOLITAN SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, CONDUCTED IN MAY/JUNE 1973.
Abstract
NARRATIVE AND TABULAR DATA IS PRESENTED ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TOTAL SAMPLE, THE EXTENT OF VICTIMIZATION AND MULTIPLE VICTIMIZATION, ESTIMATED RATES OF CRIME FOR SEPCIFIC OFFENSES, COMPARATIVE CRIME RATES FOR SYDNEY AND THREE AMERICAN CITIES, REASONS GIVEN FOR NOT REPORTING CRIMES, AND VICTIM INTERPRETATION OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF VARIOUS OFFENSES.