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-------~---------------Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Appendices• The Harris 5i:rvey. New York: The ChicagoTribun-e--""Nei':"w""""'Y"'o-rT"k News Syndicate, Feb. 23, 1981, p. 3. (N= 1,250, Jan.22-25, 1981.)• The Harris Survey. New York; The ChicagoTribun:-e:--·NeL'Cw"'Y""o":'1 rk-:-'News Syndicate, Feb. 26, 1981, pp. 3, 4. (N= 1,250,Jan. 22-25, 1981.)-=::-"''17.'""' The Harris Survey. Chicogo: The Ch i co goTribune, Aug. 24, 19!11, p. 4. 0'1=1,248, Aug. 11-16, 19!11.)• The Harris Survey. New York: The ChicagoTribun:-e:--·NeL'Cw:-VY""or":'1k News Syndicate, May 24, 1982, p. 2. (N=I,249, Mar.12-16, 1982.)Th.e Harris Survey. New York: The ChicagoTribune-Tribune Company Syndicate, I nc., Nov. 8, 1982, pp. 2, 3.(N= I ,250, Oct. 29-Nov. I, 1911l.)Data presented in S
--------------~-------APPENDIX 8ABC News Crime PollNOTE: Information on the survey procedures used by the ABC News Poll was excerpted from JeffreyAlderman and Peter Begans, ABC News Poll, Survey No. 0066 (New York: ABC News, Feb. 13,1983). Non-substantive editorial adaptations have been made.APPENDIX 9The Figgle Report on Fear of Crime: America Afrald--Survey methodology and definitions of termsNOTE: The following Information has been excerpted from Research and Forecasts, Inc., The FiggieReport on Fear of Crime: America Afraid (Willoughby, Ohio: Flggie International, Inc., 1980),pp. 3, 149-160; and from John Crothers Pollock, "Perhaps Evanston Is not America: A Reply toLavrakas et 01.," Criminal Justice Newsletter, II (22, Nov. 10, 1980), pp. 5-7.MethodologyThe ABC News Poll on crime was based on telephone interviewswith 2,464 men and women, 18 years old and older, and living in thecontinental United States. The survey was conducted during the periodbetween Dec. 7-18, 1982. The sample of telephone numbers wereselected by sampling telephone exchanges. Telephone numbers werethen created by adding random digits to the sample of telephoneexchanges. Respondents, persons interviewed oj the telephone number,were selected in the following manner: the interviewer first asked tospeak to a male 18 years old or older; if there W/JS mare than one male18 years or older at that telephone number the, interviewer asked tospeak to the youngest male; if no male~ '; 8 years or older wereavailable the interviewer asked to speak to a female 18 years or older;and if more than one female was at that telephone number theinterviewer asked to speak with the youngest.Definitions of termsEducatian--Respondents were asked what the last grade ofschool was that they completed. Those who indicated eighth grade orless were included in the grade school group. Those who said they hadsome high school or graduated high school were included in the highschool group. Those who said they had some college, had graduatedcollege, or had post-graduate college were included in the collegegroup.Age--Respondents were asked in what year they were barn.Those barn between 1958 and 1%4 were int:;/uded in the 18 to 24 yeargroup. Those barn between 1953 and 1957 were included in the 25 to29 year group. Those barn between 1933 and 1952 were Included inthe 30 to 49 year group. Those born between 1918 and 1932 wereIncluded in the 50 to 64 year group. Those born before I 91 B wereincluded in the 65 years and older group.Community size--Respondents were asked to characterize thearea they lived in as either a large city, a suburb of a large city, asmall town or a rural area.Neighborhood racial characteristics--Respondents were askedto characterize the neighborhood they lived in as either all white,mostly white, about one-half black and one-half white, mostly black, orall black.Neighborhood age structure--Respondents were asked tocharacterize the people living in the neighborhood as either mostly onthe young side (35 years old or younger), mostly middle aged (between35 and 55 years old), mastly older (over 55 years old), or basically amixture of all ages.Regions--Survey results are reported for four regional categorieswith States classified in the following way: Northeast--Connecticut,Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont; Midwest--IIlinois, Indiana, Iowa,Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,South Dakota, Wisconsin; South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida,Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina,Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia;and West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.Distribution of respondentsThe following table shows the number of respondents in eachdemographic category. With these data it is possible to determine thefrequency of a response in each cell of each table extracted from theABC News Crime Poll and the sampling error for each group.NationalSex:MaleFemaleRace, ethnicity:WhiteBlackHispanicOther aMissing casesEducation:CollegeHigh schoolGrade schoolMissing casesEmployment status:Full-time employedPart-time employedUnemployedLaid offRetiredFull-time homemakerStudentMissing casesIncome:1""0020,000",'to ~29,999"~,12,000 to 19,9998,000 to $11 ,999Under $8,000Missing casesAge:18 to 24 years25 to 29 years30 to 49 years50 to 64 years65 years and olderMissing casesCommunity size:Large citySuburbSmall townRuralMissing casesRegion:NortheastMidwestSouthWestNeighborhood racial characteristics:Mostly or all whiteRacially mixedMostly or all blackMissing casesNeighborhood age structure:Mostly younger than 35 yearsMostly between 35 and 55 yearsMostly older than 55 yearsMixed, all agesMissing casesNumber ofrespondentsin survey2,4641,4131,0512,1391861042781,1591,169124121,3373311473635218856176866205302552171563713449524832902447770481045914S506508254391,970363115161855951611,512IIaThis category Is not presented In tab:,es because thenumber of respondents In this category is small andheterogeneous.~ i1\I ~\':1 i Iif!Uf,IjIIIPurpose of the ReportThe Figgle Report presents the findings of a survey conductedby Research and Forecasts, Inc., a subsidiary of A-T-O Inc. Thepurpose of the report Is to measure the fear of crime and examine howIt has affected the lifestyles of the American public.Sample selectionThe sample used in this study was a national random-digit sampleof the telephones of the United State constructed for Research andForecasts by Survey Sampling, Westport, Conn.. The method used to construct such samples Involves the use of amassive data base that is updated frequently. Using the data base, aspecialized computer program generates a list of telephone numbersthat Is organized In such a manner that each telephone has an equalprobablHty of being called.The use of the random digit dialing technique overcomes one ofthe main objections to telephone surveys, the problem of unlistednumbers. Because the data base from which the romple is drawn Isconstructed from working eXchanges supplied by the Nation's telephonecompanies rather than telephone books, both listed and unlistednumbers have an equal probability of being called.Another criticism of telephone surveys In the post has been thattelephone surveys tend to oversample the affluent, because only theycan afford telephones. However, U.S. Notional Health Service surveysIn 1976 found that 91.6 percent of American households now containtelephones. Consequently, although national random telephone surveysmay stili somewhat undersample the poor, It is clear that any bias isrelatively small.Data collectionTwenty trained interviewers conducted phone inte(vlews for aperiod of 6 weeks during April and May 1980. The interviews wereconducted during the week between the hours of 6 p.m. and II p.m.,and on weekends between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. Theinterview took approximately 35 n'lnutes.In order to assure random sek,ction, three call-backs were madefor those telephone numbers that r'~sulted In nan-response before thenumber was discarded. Final non-response was 12 percent of the phonecalls and consisted ()f 3 groups: (J J those households where the phonewas not answered; (:!~ !:'o~"" households where Individuals simplyrefused to be Interviewed, and (3) those households for whom the giventime was not convenient. Although three call-backs were made for allthree categories of non-response, the first two categories representnon-response problems that will persist regardless of Interviewerpersistence. Interviewers attempted to set convenien\' times to callback respondents In the third category to minimize the number ofindividuals In the third category. In addition, 3 percent of the phonecalls resulted In Interviews that were terminated while the Interviewwas In progress.One thousand and forty-seven Interviews were fully completedand usable. This represents an 8S percent overall completion rate.Sampling distributionData collection techniques ensured that the randomness of thetelephone number selection process was maintained. The randomselection process ensures access to probability theory to measure thescmpllng error for the sample.A table of the estimated sampling error for binomIal percents atthe 95 percent confidence level Is presented below.Recomended allowonce for sampling error (plus or minus) at 95percent confidence level(Percent)PercentagesSam21e sizenear 1,000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 10010 or 90 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 620 or 80 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 830 or 70 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 940 or 60 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 1050 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 10The geographic distribution of the respondents is as follows:East, 23 percent; Midwest, 25 percent; West, 21 percent; and South, 31percent.WeIghtingThe inItial sample did not exactly correspond to recent U.S.Bureau of the Census estimates of the demagraphic char'acteristlcs ofthe population over age 18. In order to make the two popUlationscorrespond mare closely, the sampled popUlation was weighted on twovariables: gender and Income.The Census Bureau estimates the 1979 popUlation over III asbeing 41.9 percent male cnd 58.1 percent female. In order to correctthe sample fIndings to approximate the census figures, males in thesample were Increased by a factor of 1.136 and females were decreasedby a factor of .902.SimIlarly, the Income groups were weighted. The group earningunder $2,999 for 1978 (5.9 percent of the sample) was multiplied by afactor of 3.4. Those earning $3,000 to $7,999 per year (15.7 percent ofthe sample) were multiplied by a factor of 1.2. Those earning $8,000to $11,000 (11.5 percent of the sample) were mUltiplied by a factor ofI. Those earning $11,000 to $15,999 per year (14.5 percent of thesample) were multiplied by a factor of .61. Those earning $16,000 to$21,000 (16.9 percei,t of the sample) were multiplied by 0 factor of .65.Those earning $21,000 or over (35.5 percent of the sample) weremultllllled by a factor of I.Construction of composite measuresThe "formless fear index" is a Guttman scale constructed fromresponses to six questions concerning sofety felt at home, in theneighborhood, or In the central business distrIct, during the day, andduring the night. For each item, response categorie~ were "frequently,""sometimes," "rarely," or "never." The "concrete fear index" is aGuttman scale built from six questions asking respondents how oftenthey worried about being a victim of murder, sexual assault, mugr1ng,knifing, beating, or armed robbery. For '1hese items, responsecategories were "very safe," "somewhat safe," "somewhat unsafe," or"very unsafe." In each scale, the individual items were dichotomizedinto values of 0 and I and sunmed to arrive at a score ranging from 0to 6. For the concrete fear scale, responses of "frequently" and"sometimes" were giVen scores of I. "Rarely" and "never" responseswere given scores of O. For the formless fear scale, responses of "verysafp," and "somewhat safe" were given scores of O. "Somewhat unsafe"and "very unsafe" responses were given scores of O. In both scales,total scores of 0 to 2 were classified as moderate to low levels of fearand scores of 3 to 6 as high fear level.The "confidence in the local police index" combines severalqUestionnaire items In order to create an overall measure of attitudestoward local police. The Items included In the Index were as follows:--"In general, would you rate your local police deportmentas: excellent or good (I), fair or poor (D)?"--"The local police treat people of all races the same."(agree= I, dlsagree=O)--"The local police Just enjoy push:ng people around andgiven them a hard time." (agree= I, disagree=O)--"The local police spend most of their time going afterpeople who do little things wrong and ignore mast of the badthings goIng on." (agree=O, dlsagree= I)--"Which of the following best describes your local policeofficers?" (respectful= I, arrogant=O)--"Do police use too much force?" (yes=O, no= I)As with the other composite scores, the police confidence index wasthe sum of the responses to each Index item. However, unlike theother Indices, the "confidence in the local police index" did not form aGuttman scale. ''High'' confidence in the local police was assigned tosums of 3 to 6 and "low" confidence to totals of less than 3.Community size Is the respondents' subjective classIficatIon oftheir residential environment. This is distinct from many otherdefinitions of comnunlty size that rely on population counts and U.S.Bureau of the Census definitions.652653
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