"Reporting Crimes to the Police: The Status of World Research." Journal of Research
in Crime and Delinquency, 21 (May, 1984), pp.113-137.
Since the mid-1960s there has been a great deal of interest around the world in the use of sample surveys of
the general population to study crime. The advantages of doing so have been discussed in detail many times
(National Research Council, 1976l Biderman, 1967). Crime surveys have been conducted in many nations, a
practice that is continuing despite their heavy costs. Large-scale national surveys have been conducted in the
United States, the Netherlands, Australia, Great Britain, and Sweden. Smaller but regular national studies
have been carried out in the rest of Scandinavia, and there has been a national survey in Spain. There have
been large surveys of victimization in individual cities in Germany, Switzerland, and England. Canada has
completed very large studies of seven major cities, including two surveys of Vancouver, and the Israeli
Census Bureau has added victimization questions to a national survey. In addition, small but useful city
studies have been conducted in Mexico, Columbia, Israel, and Belgium. The four islands that make up the
Dutch Antilles also have been surveyed. The findings of these surveys have accumulated to the point where it
is possible to perceive cross-national regularities – or clear inconsistencies–in what they reveal.
in Crime and Delinquency, 21 (May, 1984), pp.113-137.
Since the mid-1960s there has been a great deal of interest around the world in the use of sample surveys of
the general population to study crime. The advantages of doing so have been discussed in detail many times
(National Research Council, 1976l Biderman, 1967). Crime surveys have been conducted in many nations, a
practice that is continuing despite their heavy costs. Large-scale national surveys have been conducted in the
United States, the Netherlands, Australia, Great Britain, and Sweden. Smaller but regular national studies
have been carried out in the rest of Scandinavia, and there has been a national survey in Spain. There have
been large surveys of victimization in individual cities in Germany, Switzerland, and England. Canada has
completed very large studies of seven major cities, including two surveys of Vancouver, and the Israeli
Census Bureau has added victimization questions to a national survey. In addition, small but useful city
studies have been conducted in Mexico, Columbia, Israel, and Belgium. The four islands that make up the
Dutch Antilles also have been surveyed. The findings of these surveys have accumulated to the point where it
is possible to perceive cross-national regularities – or clear inconsistencies–in what they reveal.
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