SURVEY RESEARCH ON CRIME, CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES

• NCJ Number: 13509
• Author(s): A D BIDERMAN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

RESULTS OF INVENTORY COMPLETED IN 1972 COVERING 400 SEPARATE SURVEYS WHICH ASKED ONE OR MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT CRIME, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE US.

Abstract

OF THE SURVEYS INVENTORIED, 218 WERE CONDUCTED BY A MAJOR PUBLIC OPINION POLLING ORGANIZATION AS PART OF PERIODIC SURVEYS. THE REMAINDER WERE SPECIAL STUDIES. TABULATIONS ARE GIVEN SHOWING THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH SPECIFIC TOPICS HAVE FIGURED IN SURVEYS. SOME SUMMARY INFORMATION IS GIVEN ON HOW AND BY WHOM SURVEYS WERE CARRIED OUT AND ON THE WAYS IN WHICH THEIR DATA HAVE BEEN REPORTED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)