Catalano, Shannan M. <br/><br/>
The measurement of crime  victim reporting and police recording /  [electronic resource] : 
Shannan M. Catalano. 
 - New York :  LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,  2006. 
 - xiii, 216 p. :  ill. 
 - Criminal justice .
 - Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>National crime victimization survey report.<br/>Uniform crime reports (Washington, D.C.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Victims of crimes surveys--United States.<br/>Criminal statistics--United States.<br/>Victims of crimes--United States--Statistics.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6250.3.U5  / C39 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.88072/7