NCJ Number
96329
Date Published
1985
Length
771 pages
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.