Comparing crime data in Europe
Subtitle: official crime statistics and survey based data
By: Philippe Robert (ed.) ; contributions from Marcelo F. Aebi ... [et al.].
Series: Criminological studies; Criminologische studies
Publisher: VUBPress
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Brussels
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9789054875895
Subjects: Criminal statistics; Victims of crimes surveys
Notes: "This edited book is the outcome of a seminar held within a Coordination Action Assessing Deviance, Crime and Prevention in Europe."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Philippe Robert, Renée Zauberman -- ; title: Approximating the truth about crime : comparing crime data based on general population surveys with police figures of recorded crime  -- Jav Van Dijk -- ; title: Comparisons between victimisation or self-reported crime surveys and official statistics in France  -- Bruno Aubusson de Cavarlay -- ; title: Comparing crime data of different sources : the German situation  -- Joachim Obergfell-Fuchs -- ; title: Comparing police data and victimisation surveys in Italy  -- Giovanni Sacchini -- ; title: Comparing crime data in the Netherlands  -- Karin Wittebrood -- ; title: Comparisons between survey estimates of crime and crimes recorded by the police : the UK position  -- Mike Hough, Paul Norris -- ; title: Comparisons of crime data based on general population surveys with criminal statistics in Switzerland  -- Sandrine Haymoz ... [et al.] -- ; title: On the authors.