The Measurement of Crime: Victim Reporting and Police Recording

The Measurement of Crime: Victim Reporting and Police Recording
Shannan M. Catalano
September 2006

ISBN-13:  978-1-59332-434-6 / Paperback
Or  978-1-59332-155-0 / Hardcover
Dimensions:  5.5 x 8.5 / xiv, 216 pages

 

Description

Catalano explains how changes in social perceptions of crime have contributed to increased correspondence in how both police and victims respond to crime. This correspondence between victim and police crime statistics raises important questions regarding public and official responses to crime over time. In addition, Catalano finds that increases in domestic violence legislation have contributed to increased police recording of aggravated assault.

About the Author

Shannan M. Catalano received her doctorate in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2004. Since 2003 she has worked as a statistician in the Victimization Statistics Unit at the Bureau of Justice Statistics in Washington D.C. Her current research interests focus on victimization, survey methodology and changes in the measurement of crime over time.