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Cross-National Studies in Crime and Justice
Publication year:
2004
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Residential burglary, vehicle theft, robbery, serious assault, rape, and homicide rates for England and Wales, the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, and Switzerland are compared. Sections for each of the mentioned countries cover: brief description of the country and its criminal justice system; brief definitions for the six crimes; sources of data; victim survey data; police data; estimated probability of police recording a reported offense; average number of offenders per crime; number of convictions; number of convictions per 1,000 offenders; number of custodial sentences; time trends summarized; and possible explanations of time trends.