SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF THE UCR (UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS) AN INDEX OF THE RISK OF DEATH DUE TO ROBBERY

• NCJ Number: 37117
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 4 Issue: 2 Dated: (SUMMER 1976) Pages: 153-156
• Author(s): M D MALTZ
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: Pergamon Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER CALLS ATTENTION TO A PROPOSED INDEX OF RISK OF DEATH DUE TO ROBBERY, MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FBI'S PARTIAL DISAGGREGATION OF ITS MURDER STATISTICS.

Abstract

SOME OF THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE INDEX ARE DESCRIBED, AND SOME POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS ARE MENTIONED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)