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A police guide to surveying citizens and their environment, Bureau of Justice Assistance

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Summary
Offers an introduction and practical guidelines for the development and implementation of two types of surveys that police find increasingly useful: surveys of citizens and surveys of the physical environment
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 99 pages
Note
  • Title from online pdf file (viewed on January 26, 2004)
  • "October 1993."
  • "Prepared by the Police Executive Research Forum, supported by cooperative agreement number 88-DD-CX-K022."
  • "NCJ 143711."
Contents
  • Executive summary
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Surveying citizens : a guide for police. Of what value are surveys?
  • Who will be surveyed?
  • How many will be sampled?
  • How will the respondents be contacted?
  • What questions will be asked?
  • How to make sense of the data
  • Conclusions
  • Part 2. Environmental surveys for problem solving : a practical guide. Environmental surveys and problem solving
  • The offender and rational decisionmaking
  • Environmental surveys in practice
  • Developing and using a survey instrument
  • Drawing on other data sources
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix A. Example of a housing complex environmental survey
  • Appendix B. Example of a block environmental problem identification survey
  • Appendix C. Example of a drug "hot spot" survey
  • Appendix D. Example of a situational environmental survey used for analyzing convenience store problems
Instance
Label
A police guide to surveying citizens and their environment
Title
A police guide to surveying citizens and their environment
Statement of responsibility
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Offers an introduction and practical guidelines for the development and implementation of two types of surveys that police find increasingly useful: surveys of citizens and surveys of the physical environment
Member of
Cataloging source
EEM
Government publication
federal national government publication
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
  • handbooks
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • United States
  • Police Executive Research Forum
Series statement
Monograph
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Police-community relations
  • Community policing
  • Social surveys
Label
A police guide to surveying citizens and their environment, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from online pdf file (viewed on January 26, 2004)
  • "October 1993."
  • "Prepared by the Police Executive Research Forum, supported by cooperative agreement number 88-DD-CX-K022."
  • "NCJ 143711."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60)
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Executive summary -- Introduction -- Part 1. Surveying citizens : a guide for police. Of what value are surveys? -- Who will be surveyed? -- How many will be sampled? -- How will the respondents be contacted? -- What questions will be asked? -- How to make sense of the data -- Conclusions -- Part 2. Environmental surveys for problem solving : a practical guide. Environmental surveys and problem solving -- The offender and rational decisionmaking -- Environmental surveys in practice -- Developing and using a survey instrument -- Drawing on other data sources -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. Example of a housing complex environmental survey -- Appendix B. Example of a block environmental problem identification survey -- Appendix C. Example of a drug "hot spot" survey -- Appendix D. Example of a situational environmental survey used for analyzing convenience store problems
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
x, 99 pages
Form of item
electronic
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file.
Specific material designation
remote
System details
Mode of access: Internet from the BJA web site. Address as of 2/6/09: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/polc.pf ; current access available via PURL
Label
A police guide to surveying citizens and their environment, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Publication
Note
  • Title from online pdf file (viewed on January 26, 2004)
  • "October 1993."
  • "Prepared by the Police Executive Research Forum, supported by cooperative agreement number 88-DD-CX-K022."
  • "NCJ 143711."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60)
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Executive summary -- Introduction -- Part 1. Surveying citizens : a guide for police. Of what value are surveys? -- Who will be surveyed? -- How many will be sampled? -- How will the respondents be contacted? -- What questions will be asked? -- How to make sense of the data -- Conclusions -- Part 2. Environmental surveys for problem solving : a practical guide. Environmental surveys and problem solving -- The offender and rational decisionmaking -- Environmental surveys in practice -- Developing and using a survey instrument -- Drawing on other data sources -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. Example of a housing complex environmental survey -- Appendix B. Example of a block environmental problem identification survey -- Appendix C. Example of a drug "hot spot" survey -- Appendix D. Example of a situational environmental survey used for analyzing convenience store problems
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
x, 99 pages
Form of item
electronic
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file.
Specific material designation
remote
System details
Mode of access: Internet from the BJA web site. Address as of 2/6/09: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/polc.pf ; current access available via PURL

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