Burglary : the Victim and the Public.
This study focuses on the crime of burglary, its incidence and nature, and its victims, their experiences and reactions to it and their attitudes toward traditional and innovative sentencing practices. The analysis is based on a systematic survey of households, police records, census data, and inter...
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
1978.
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| Series: | Heritage.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 BURGLARY RATES IN TORONTO AND OTHER AREAS; The Distribution of Police-recorded Burglary; Victimization Survey Statistics on Burglary Rates; Rates of Reporting to the Police; 3 A PROFILE OF RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY IN TORONTO; Temporal Patterns; Means of Entry; Type and Value of Property Stolen; Damage and Disarrangement; Confrontation; Known Offenders: A Profile; 4 REACTIONS OF VICTIMS; Reactions of Those Confronted; Emotional Reactions; Citizen Discretion in Reporting to the Police; Tolerance of Residential Burglary
- Satisfaction with the Police and Their ActionsInstrumental Reactions
- Others Turned To; Prevention Strategies Taken by Victims as a Result of Victimization; 5 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY; Socio-demographic Characteristics and the Police-recorded Burglary Rate of Census Tracts; Defensible Space, Other Socio-physical Concepts, and Burglary Victimization; Key Characteristics and the Dwelling Survey Burglary Rate; 6 PUBLIC EXPERIENCE WITH THE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE; Contact and Experience with the Justice System; Public Experience with Burglary Prevention Programs; Self-report
- Conclusion7 THE ATTITUDE OF THE PUBLIC TO CRIME AND PUNISHMENT; Fear; Belief in Police Efficiency; Attitudes to Sentencing; Factors Affecting the Public's Attitude; Insurance Coverage, Sentencing Attitudes, and Belief in Police Efficiency; 8 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; Burglary and the Public; Reduction of Residential Burglary; Alleviating Victim Concern and Harm; Further Research; Conclusion; APPENDICES; A Final Interview Schedule; B Map of Police-recorded Residential Burglary Rates in Toronto, in 1971 (by Census Tract); BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
