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18 J. Offender Rehab. 1 (1992)

handle is hein.journals/wjor18 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Vol. 18 (1/2), 1992. Pp. 1-80. @01992 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. I RESEARCH MONOGRAPH: INNOVATION IN METHODOLOGY Psychometric Scaling Techniques Applied to Rates of Crime and Victimization I: Major Population Centers James J. Hennessy Foidhan Univecsily Laurie Kepecs-Schlussel Fordhmni Universily ABSTRACT This monograph demonsh'ales a new method for describ- ing crime statislics reported in the Uniform Crime Reports. After discuss- ing the methods currently used to present these data, we explain a scaling model based on the scaling of in telligence used in differential psychology and apply that model to a rescaling of reporled crime occurrences in 76 of the largest cities in the United Stares. A profile of victimization quotients was generated for these cities that allows for more detailed analyses of crime patterns and covariances than do other reporting metlh- ods. The crime quotients are tIhen examined in relation to four structural characteristics of the 76 cities (municipal expenditures, police service expenditures, percent of the populalion that is minority, and population density) as an example of the potential uses of the new scaling system. Psychometric and practical issues associated with Ihe new scaling system are discussed.

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