Click on the following links – please note these will open in a new window

SAGE Journal Articles

SJ-userguide.pdf

Article 1: Vasu, M.L., Moriarty, L.J., & Pelfrey, W.V. (1995). Measuring violent crime in North Carolina utilizing mail and telephone surveys simultaneously: Does method matter? Criminal Justice Review, 20 (1), 34-43.

Learning objective: identify how crime is measured in the United States.

***

Encyclopedia and Reference

Reference 1: Weeber, S. (2011). Terrorism and extremism. In W. chambliss (Ed.), Key Issues in Crime and Punishment: Crime and criminal behavior. (pp. 224-239).

Learning objective: summarize the nature and extent of violent, property, and white-collar crime in the United States.

Encyclopedia 1: Snedker, K. (2002). Fear of crime. In D. Levinson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. (pp. 680-685).

Learning objecitve: summarize the nature and extent of violent, property, and white-collar crime in the United States.

Encyclopedia 2: Matsueda, R. (2010). Sutherland, Edwin H.: Differential Association Theory and Differential Social Organization. In F. Cullen, & P. Wilcox (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Criminoloical Theory. (pp. 899-907).

Learning objective: review the advantages and disadvantages of each source of national crime data used to measure crime in the United States.

***

Further Reading

Lauritsen, JL, Owens, JG, Planty, M, Rand, MR & Truman, JL. (2012) Methods for Counting High-Frequency Repeat Victimizations in the National Crime Victimization Survey.