Crimes and Victims: A Report on the Dayton-San Jose Pilot Survey..

1961. Kalish, Carol B. Crimes and Victims: A Report on the Dayton-San Jose Pilot Survey of Victimization. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, National Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service, 1974. viii, 191 pp. Forms. Softbound, some shelfwear, internally clean. Ex-library. Location label and stamp to front cover. Card pocket to rear pastedown, stamps to endleaves. $20. * First edition of this landmark methodological pilot study on criminal victimization in Dayton, Ohio, and San Jose, California. Prepared by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), this report served as a foundational blueprint for developing the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The text analyzes discrepancies between official police statistics and self-reported victimization data, detailing survey designs, sampling errors, and interview questionnaires.