NCJ Number
216963
Journal
Tilburg Research Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Dated: 2006 Pages: 4-8
Date Published
2006
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This article analyzed the results of the fifth International Crime Victims Survey where thousands of individuals from European Union countries, as well as the United States were asked in what way they had been the victims of common crime and their experience with police and victim support.
Abstract
Results of the fifth International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS) confirmed a trend previously suspected that the most common forms of criminality in Europe were declining. However, in the Netherlands, the crime figures remain comparatively high. The ICVS was initiated in 1988. The last round of surveys concerned the years 2004 and 2005. Interviews were conducted in 18 European Union (EU) countries: the 15 member states prior to May 2004, plus Poland, Estonia and Hungary, as well as the United States. In an analysis of the results of the 2004-2005 survey, questions were asked; what do you consider the most important results from the survey; how do you explain the falling crime figures in the EU countries; do the factors that were put forward in the past to explain crime trends still apply; how do you explain the Netherlands still remaining high on the list of the most criminal EU country; to what extent do drugs still play a part in these crime figures; has this survey overturned any established criminological theories; and what should be done to reduce the crime figures even more?