02402nam a22003974a 4500 ebr10225116 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060707s2006 nyua sbs 001 0 eng 2006021760 1593321554 (alk. paper) 9781593321550 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)145507167 n-us--- HV6250.3.U5 C39 2006eb 362.88072/7 22 Catalano, Shannan M. The measurement of crime [electronic resource] : victim reporting and police recording / Shannan M. Catalano. New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006. xiii, 216 p. : ill. Criminal justice Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index. Victim reporting and police recording -- The two measures of crime. The uniform crime reports. The national crime victimization survey. NCVS and UCR comparability. Counting and definitions between the NCVS and UCR -- Explaining the convergence. Changes in policing. Changes in population characteristics. Changes in the perception of crime. Changes in methodological design. Methodological change in the UCR. Methodological change in the NCVS -- Potential factors contributing to convergence. Disaggregated NCVS measures. Dependent variables. Explanatory variables. Demographic variables. Social attitudes. Design changes -- Hypotheses and analysis. Hypotheses. Analytic strategy. Stage one analysis. Stage two analysis -- The NCVS and UCR convergence. Summary of findings. Limitations and future research. Conclusion. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. National crime victimization survey report. Uniform crime reports (Washington, D.C.) Victims of crimes surveys United States. Criminal statistics United States. Victims of crimes United States Statistics. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10225116 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 26792 26792