Ministry of Justice the Netherlands		Ministry of the Interior Italy

Understanding Crime
Experiences of Crime and Crime Control

Acts of the International Conference
Rome, 18-20 November 1992

Edited by
Anna Alvazzi del Frate
Ugljesa Zvekic
Jan J. M. van Dijk

Publication No.49. Rome, August 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS (Files are in PDF format)

• Editors' Introductory Notes
• Message of Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Address by Nicola Mancino, Minister of the Interior, Italy
• Address by Ugo Leone, Director, UNICRI

PART ONE Main findings of the 1992 International Survey

• Criminal Victimisation in the Industrialised World: Key Findings of the 1989 and 1992 International Crime Surveys Jan J.M. van Dijk and Patricia Mayhew
• Victimisation in the Developing World: An Overview Preliminary Key Findings from the 1992 International Victim Survey Ugljesa Zvekic and Anna Alvazzi del Frate
• Central and Eastern European Victimisation Rates: to Compare or not to Compare? Andrzej Siemaszko
• Experiences, Fear and Attitudes of Victims of Crime in Italy Ernesto U. Savona

PART TWO

Research Issues

• The Influence of the Type of Data Collection Method on the Results of the Victim Surveys Helmut Kury and Michael Würger
• Aspects of Reliability: The 1:5 Year Ratio Aad van der Veen
• Measuring Victimisations Risk: The Effects of Methodology, Sampling, and Fielding Richard Block
• Secondary Analysis of International Crime Survey Data James P. Lynch

Policy Issues

• Policy Implications: Related to National and International Surveys Irvin Waller
• Local Victimisation Surveys and Criminal Policies Renée Zauberman
• Policy Development in the Police Organisation: The Role of the Citizen Surveys Kees van der Vijver
• Monitoring Victim Needs and Victim Programmes Joanna Shapland

PART THREE Discussion

• International Victim Survey in the Context of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme: Reflections on Future Agenda Herman Woltring
• Reactions to Crime in Cross-national Perspective Wesley G. Skogan
• Attitudes towards Punishment André Kuhn
• Gun Ownership, Suicide and Homicide: An International Perspective Martin Killias
• Some Reflections on the Potential Contributions of the International Crime Survey Ezzat A. Fatta
• The International Crime Survey in France: Gaining Perspective Renée Zauberman
• Recent Trends of Crime in Italy Antonio Cortese
• Victims and Criminal Justice in Spain Manuel Reverte Montagud
• Policy in the Field of Latent Crime Reduction Konstantin K. Goryainov
• Crime Victims: Needs and Services in Four European Countries Rob Mawby
• Victimisation amongst Street Children in Sudan and Ethiopia: A Preliminary Analysis K. Lalor, M. Taylor, A. Veale, A. Hussein Ali, M. Elamin Bushra
• New Sanctioning Prospects for the Protection of the Victim in Penal Law Adelmo Manna
• Crime Prevention and Control in Tanzania Joseph Masanche

PART FOUR Rounding Up

General Report

• Surveying Crime in the Global Village: Assumptions, Experiences and Ultimate Goals Jan J.M. van Dijk and Ugljesa Zvekic

Session Report

• Research Issues Patricia Mayhew
• Policy Implications Dato Steenhuis
• Police Performance and Needs Assessment Francesco Bruno
• Participants' Victim Survey Hans van Grasstek
• Round Table: Citizens and Criminal Justice Ugo Leone, Giorgio Giacomelli, Dato Steenhuis, Luciano Violante, Denis Joubert, Manuel Reverte Montagud, Uwe D�rmann, Raymond Kendall, Vincenzo Parisi

PART FIVE Summaries of Country/City Surveys

ANNEX