National crime surveys [electronic resource] : reverse record check studies, Washington, DC, San Jose, and Baltimore, 1970-1971.

Format
Data file
Language
English
Published/​Created
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1987.
Description
Extent of collection: 3 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF).

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Restrictions note
Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
Summary note
These surveys were part of a series of pretests conducted during the early 1970s to reveal problems associated with doing a nationwide study on victimization. They were done to determine the most effective reference period to use when questioning respondents in order to gain the fullest and most reliable information, to measure the degree to which respondents move incidents occurring outside the reference period into that period when questioned, and to explore the possibility of identifying incidents by a few broad general questions as opposed to a series of more specific probing questions.
Notes
  • Codebook available in print and electronic format.
  • Title from title screen (viewed on January 21, 2008).
Type of data
Extent of collection: 3 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF).
Time and place of event
  • Date(s) of collection: March 1970-January 1971.
  • Time period: 1970-1971.
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage: District of Columbia, California-San Jose, Maryland-Baltimore, United States.
Funding information
Funding agency: United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
System details
  • Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • Data format: LRECL.
Methodology note
  • Data source: official police records, and personal interviews.
  • Sample: part 1: a probability sample of personal victims of crimes was selected from official police reports. Victims were chosen to provide uniform representation over 12 months on robbery, burglary, rape, assault, and larceny. Part 2: five hundred victims were identified from official police records and represented four crimes: assault, robbery, larceny, and burglary, from five recall time periods. Part 3: six hundred victims were identified from official police records and represented four crimes: assault, robbery, larceny, and burglary.
  • Universe: part 1: all crime victims in San Jose during 1970. Part 2: all crime victims in Baltimore in 1970. Part 3: all crime victims in Washington, DC in 1970.
Cite as
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. NATIONAL CRIME SURVEYS: REVERSE RECORD CHECK STUDIES: WASHINGTON, DC, SAN JOSE, AND BALTIMORE, 1970-1971 [Computer file]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1971. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1987.
OCLC
82234532
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