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