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Discovery of hidden crime : self-report delinquency surveys in criminal policy context /

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This title presents a history of the self-report crime survey as a method of criminological inquiry, describing how, during the 1930s and 1940s, a handful of US and European criminologists discovered the method, thus providing researchers with a powerful analytical tool and changing the way crime it...

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Main Author: Kivivuori, Janne (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:Clarendon studies in criminology.
Subjects:
Criminology.
Crime > Research.
Criminals > Research.
Crime analysis.
Criminal statistics.
Social surveys.
Criminology
Criminologie.
Criminels > Recherche.
Criminalité > Analyse.
Statistiques criminelles.
Enquêtes sociales.
criminology.
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency.
Kriminologie.
Kriminalstatistik.
Aufklärung.
USA.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This title presents a history of the self-report crime survey as a method of criminological inquiry, describing how, during the 1930s and 1940s, a handful of US and European criminologists discovered the method, thus providing researchers with a powerful analytical tool and changing the way crime itself was seen.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 204 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191807299
019180729X