EXPERIENCES OF CRIME ACROSS THE WORLD SECOND EDITIONPDF电子书下载

Chapter 1: Introduction 1

Purpose of the survey 1

Background 2

The Working Group 3

Participating countries 4

Details of the survey 5

Sample sizes 6

Fieldwork 6

Computer assisted telephone interviewing 6

Survey companies 7

Sampling 8

Response rates 8

Weighting 9

Statistical significance 9

Coverage of the questionnaire 9

Outline of the report 10

Chapter 2: Victimization rates 13

Introduction 13

Theft of cars 15

Theft from cars 16

Vandalism to cars 19

Theft of motorcycles/mopeds/scooters 20

Theft of bicycles 21

Household burglary (with entry) 23

House type and burglary risks 24

Reporting patterns and insurance 25

Attempted burglary 26

Robbery 27

Other theft of personal property 28

Sexual incidents 32

Assaults/threats 35

Overall patterns of victimization 39

Incidence victimization rates 42

Victimization rates in Warsaw (Poland) and Surabaja (Indonesia) 43

Methodological aspects 43

Results 43

A preliminary analysis of international differences 45

General findings 45

Urbanization 46

Vehicle ownership 47

Opportunity and vehicle theft 49

Bicycle theft and car theft 52

Victimization rates and police recorded crime 53

Chapter 3: Offences and victims 59

Place of crime 59

Victim characteristics 60

Gender differences 61

Going out 61

Independent risk factors 62

High income as a risk factor 63

Within country results 64

Gender, victimization and employment 65

Overall patterns of reporting to the police 67

Reasons for not reporting 69

Satisfaction with the police on reporting 70

General satisfaction with the police 71

Victim assistance 72

Assistance received 72

Interest in victim support 74

Chapter 4: Responses to crime 77

Fear of crime 77

Street crime 77

Burglary 79

Attitudes to punishment 81

Public opinion and imprisonment rates 83

Community service orders 84

Chapter 5: Crime prevention measures 85

Crime prevention 85

Caretakers 85

Burglar alarms 87

Lighting 89

Surveillance by neighbours 91

Insurance 93

Gun ownership 94

Chapter 6: Summary and conclusions 95

Summary 96

Discussion 103

Telephone ownership 104

Response rates 105

Comparison with other indicators 105

Police figures 106

Independent surveys 106

Other comparative studies 107

The future 108

Chapter 7: Summaries in French and German 111

Resume 111

Zusammenfassung 122

Annex A: Survey methods 133

Fieldwork execution 133

Telephone penetration 134

Telephone sampling methods 135

Response information 137

Face-to-face interviewing in N.Ireland and Spain 140

Annex B: Weighting procedure 145

Annex C: Statistical significance 151

Annex D: The International Victimization Survey Questionnaire 153

Annex E: Additional tables 173

References 183