Sourcebook of Crime Severity Ratios for Core-Item Offenses

• NCJ Number: 96329
• Author(s): M E Wolfgang; R M Figlio; P E Tracy; S I Singer
• Date Published: 1985
• Length: 771 pages
• Grant Number(s): J-LEAA-120-79
• Sponsoring Agency: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Corporate Author: University of Pennsylvania
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This volume, available only in microfiche because of its length and technical nature, presents tables of crime severity ratios from the National Survey of Crime Severity for various demographic characteristics by Census regions and divisions, Office of Management and Budget regions, States, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, major cities, and the total U.S. population.

Abstract

The National Survey of Crime Severity was conducted in 1977 as a supplement to the National Crime Survey to measure the public's assessment of the severity of 204 crime vignettes, including traditional offenses covered in existing crime statistics as well as a number of nontraditional crimes. This is a companion volume to 'The National Survey of Crime Severity' (204 pp., NCJ-96017) , forthcoming in mid-1985, which presents a general description of the study, overall findings, analytical results, and suggestions for use. A summary of findings from this study as published in the Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin, 'The Severity of Crime,' (NCJ-92326), January 1984.