The International Crime Surveys: Some Methodological Concerns

Travis, Gail; Brown, David; Egger, Sandra; Hogg, Russell; O’Toole, Brian I.; Stubbs, Julie

doi:10.1080/10345329.1995.12036665

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“…Attention should also be drawn to the finding that a majority of respondents who experienced some kind of domestic violence did not report it to police or any non-health or health services. This may be because of fear of retaliation by the perpetrator, as women tend to avoid incriminating their partner if they are currently living with them, 47 or a degree of shame associated with being a victim. The findings of this research have highlight the need for public education programs to provide awareness of the services available to victims and for health care professionals to be more aware of the issue and warning signs of domestic violence and perhaps implement screening programs.…”

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Domestic violence in South Australia: a population survey of males and females

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Hickling

Taylor

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Domestic violence in South Australia: a population survey of males and females

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“…Others (e.g., Dixon 1995;Chan 1995a;Braithwaite 1989) are concerned with the limited influence criminology has on public policy. Still others (e.g., Travis et al, 1995) challenge the evidence consistent with the view that Australia has a serious crime problem but do not adduce evidence to rebut it. Only Brown (1996, 1998) and Indermaur (1995Indermaur ( , 2000 have actually tried to present such evidence.…”

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“…Similar results have been obtained in earlier International Crime Victim Surveys (van Dijk, Mayhew, & Killias, 1989). Travis et al (1995) have criticised the International Crime Victim Survey on the grounds of its low response rate (64%) and small sample size (about 2000 respondents). Australian national crime victim surveys are more methodologically rigorous.…”

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Law and Order Blues

Weatherburn¹

2002

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology

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This paper discusses law and order politics and policy in Australia. It challenges the conventional criminological wisdom that Australia does not have a serious crime problem. It argues that, while political responses to crime are all too frequently irrational, this is not because Australian state and territory governments so often rely on punitive law and order policies. Australian law and order policy is irrational because it usually lacks any clear rationale, is rarely subjected to any effectiveness or cost-effectiveness evaluation, frequently ignores the possibility of unintended side-effects and is occasionally founded on a misdiagnosis of the crime problem that prompts it. The paper concludes by discussing various explanations for this state of affairs and what can be done about it.

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“…A very good overview of the methodological, criminological and political issues associated with victims surveys is provided by Brereton (1995). [See also Travis et aL (1995) for a discussion from the Australian perspective of methodological concerns with the International Crime Surveys. ]…”

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A brief overview of quantitative criminology in Australasia: 1981–1995

Hömel

1996

J Quant Criminol

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This paper reviews quantitative criminological research, especially of a sophisticated mathematical nature, published by researchers in Australia and New Zealand since 1981. A statistical analysis of quantitative articles published between 1981 and 1995 in the leading academic journal, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, showed that using the five topical categories developed by Farrington (this issue), there has been little change in the types of research carried out, with studies of court processes and correctional issues accounting for two-thirds of papers. The numbers of "simple" and "sophisticated" quantitative articles as proportions of the total published also did not vary over the 15 years. Areas of strength in quantitative research include drugs, alcohol, and crime; indigenous peoples and the criminal justice system; regulatory law enforcement; the modeling of recidivism; and sentencing. Most sophisticated quantitative research is carried out by noncriminologists, and it appears unlikely that the amount of mathematically sophisticated research will increase significantly in the next few years. Experimental studies and longitudinal designs will probably slowly grow in popularity, and crime prevention will emerge as an area of quantitative strength.

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The International Crime Surveys: Some Methodological Concerns

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Domestic violence in South Australia: a population survey of males and females

Domestic violence in South Australia: a population survey of males and females

Law and Order Blues

A brief overview of quantitative criminology in Australasia: 1981–1995

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