REPORT ON NON-REPORTING CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION IN CLEVELAND, 1971-1972

• NCJ Number: 25178
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 316 pages
• Grant Number(s): 74-SS-05-0001
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Cleveland Impact Cities Program
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DATA ON VICTIMIZATION FROM RAPE, ROBBERY, ASSAULT AND BURGLARY ARE PRESENTED, ANALYZED AND DISCUSSED.

Abstract

SECTION I PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND, EXPLAINING THE CITY'S DIVERSITY, HISTORY, AND DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION, TODAY AND DURING THE 1972 SURVEY PERIOD. SECTION II CONSISTS OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES OPERATING IN CLEVELAND, AS THEY ARE CONSTITUTED NOW AND AS THEY WERE IN 1972. SECTION III IS A PRESENTATION OF THE SURVEY RESULTS, INCLUDING A DISCUSSION OF CRIME TYPES AND DEFINITIONS. THIS SECTION ALSO INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES. SECTION IV DEVELOPS THE DATA AND PRESENTS ANALYSES OF THE RESULTS. THE DIFFERENTIAL RATES OF VICTIMIZATION AND OF NON-REPORTING ARE ANALYZED IN LIGHT OF THE SELECTED DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES OUTLINED IN SECTION I. THESE RATES ARE ALSO COMPARED WITH OTHER SIMILAR SURVEYS AND WITH 'BASELINE' CLEVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT DATA. SECTION V FORMALLY PRESENTS CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM THE ANALYSES IN SECTION IV. APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS, BASED UPON THE ANALYSES OF THE DATA, ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS SECTION. A GLOSSARY AND TECHNICAL APPENDICES FOLLOW THE BODY OF THE REPORT. THE APPENDICES INCLUDE A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES CITED IN SECTION III. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)