PRODUCTION OF CRIME RATES (FROM CRIME AND JUSTICE, 1970-1971, 1972, BY J SUSMAN - SEE NCJ-27315)

• NCJ Number: 27332
• Author(s): D J BLACK
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: AMS Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXPLORATION OF SOME OF THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE POLICE PRODUCE OFFICIAL RATES OF CRIME DETECTION IN FIELD ENCOUNTERS WITH CITIZENS TO IMPROVE THE UTILITY OF CRIME RATES AS DATA.

Abstract

SOME GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT THE PRODUCTION OF CRIME RATES YIELDED BY THE STUDY INDICATE THAT THE COMPLAINANT'S ROLE IS APPRECIABLE IN THE CRIMINAL PROCESS IN THAT WHO HE IS AND HOW HE PRESENTS HIS CLAIM TO THE POLICE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTS THE LIFE CHANCES OF A CRIMINAL VIOLATOR.