CRIM 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: National Crime Victimization Survey, Victimless Crime, Truancy
21 Sep 2016
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Victim surveys: they measure crime by asking people about their experiences as victims. Primary purpose was to highlight the dark figure of crime . Based on a nationally representative sample of households. Uses uniform procedures to select and interview respondents, thus enhancing the reliability of crime measures. Cannot measure all crime: because the survey is based on sample of households, it cannot count crimes in which business or commercial establishments are victims. Victimless crimes: not good at measures of victimless crimes because the respondents cannot easily be conceived as victims (e. g. , victim of a drug sale) In 1993, changes included how the samples were drawn, how questions were phrased, and how interviews were conducted. New design focused on obtaining better measures of domestic violence and sexual assault, helping respondents recall a broader range of incidents. New design yields higher rates of reported of victimization, especially for cases of violence against women. Comparing victim surveys and crimes known to police.
