| Series |
Monograph
Monograph (United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance) ^A425239
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| 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. |
| Abstract |
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. |
| General note | Title from online pdf file (viewed on January 26, 2004). |
| General note | "October 1993." |
| General note | "Prepared by the Police Executive Research Forum, supported by cooperative agreement number 88-DD-CX-K022." |
| General note | "NCJ 143711." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60). |
| Technical 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. |
| Issued in other form | Police guide to surveying citizens and their environment x, 99 p. |
| GPO item number | 0717-N-01 (online) |
| Govt. docs number |
J 26.30:P 75 |
