A crime index with Thurstone's scaling of crime severity

被引：26
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作者：
Kwan, YK [1 ]
Ip, WC [1 ]
Kwan, P [1 ]
机构：
[1] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Appl Math, Hung Hom Kowloon 306203, Peoples R China
来源：
JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 2000年 / 28卷 / 03期
关键词：
crime index; perceived seriousness; crime vignettes; crime typologies; paired comparisons; scale value; correlation;
D O I：
10.1016/S0047-2352(00)00039-8
中图分类号：
DF [法律]; D9 [法律];
学科分类号：
0301 ;
摘要：
In constructing a weighted crime index for Hong Kong, the Thurstone's method of paired comparisons was used to assess the perceived relative seriousness of fifteen crime typologies. A telephone survey was conducted to collect data on respondents' judgment on the seriousness of the fifteen crimes. The weights of the fifteen crimes constructed were then used to build up a time series of weighted crime index (WCI). The WCI performs differ entry from the unweighted crime index (UNCI) during the period 1976 to 1982. The validity of the weights has been tested and the WCI is considered as a better indicator of crime intensity. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：237 / 244
页数：8
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