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How to Obtain a More Accurate Picture of Crime through Crime Statistics: Proposals and Methods
Bug, Mathias; Meier, Kristina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 3, pp. 13-21
This report aims to show the distribution of crime in Germany. For this, police crime statistics (polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik – PKS) are treated so that they integrate dark figures (unreported crime) of crime types along with their specific grade of burden. The different treatments are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185713
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Aufbereitung der Kriminalstatistik zu einem aussagekräftigen Bedrohungsbild: Vorschläge der Berechnung
Bug, Mathias; Meier, Kristina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 3, pp. 27-35
This report aims to show the distribution of crime in Germany. For this, police crime statistics (polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik - PKS) are treated so that they integrate dark figures (unreported crime) of crime types along with their specific grade of burden. The different treatments are based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128569
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Regional Crime Rates and Fear of Crime: WISIND Findings
Bug, Mathias; Kroh, Martin; Meier, Kristina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 12, pp. 167-176
Many people are afraid of falling prey to crime. The present report investigates the extent to which this fear is in line with the actual regional crime rates. This analysis is based on data from a comprehensive database on the fear of crime, combined with police crime statistics (specifically,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207405
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Perceptions of Personal Security in Social Media and Search Engines: A Realistic Reflection of Actual Crime Rates?
Rieckmann, Johannes; Schanze, Jan-Lucas - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 12, pp. 179-186
although the analysis of data from social media and search engines is not suitable as an indicator of actual crime levels in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207406
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Sicherheitsempfinden in sozialen Medien und Suchmaschinen: ein realistisches Abbild der Kriminalitätsbelastung?
Rieckmann, Johannes; Schanze, Jan-Lucas - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 12, pp. 271-279
although the analysis of data from social media and search engines is not suitable as an indicator of actual crime levels in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207409
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Regionale Kriminalitätsbelastung und Kriminalitätsfurcht: Befunde der WISIND-Studie
Bug, Mathias; Kroh, Martin; Meier, Kristina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 12, pp. 259-269
Many people are afraid of falling prey to crime. The present report investigates the extent to which this fear is in line with the actual regional crime rates. This analysis is based on data from a comprehensive database on the fear of crime, combined with police crime statistics (specifically,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207412
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Tatort Internet: Kriminalität verursacht Bürgern Schäden in Milliardenhöhe
Rieckmann, Johannes; Kraus, Martina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 12, pp. 295-301
Cybercrime can lead to considerable costs for those affected. Previous attempts to quantify the damage have focused mainly on businesses. Official information on damages incurredby individuals is based primarily on cases reported to the police, but these figures in no way accurately reflect the...
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Lokale Kriminalitätsberichterstattung: Abbild oder Zerrspiegel von Kriminalität?
Um, Eric van; Huch, Michael; Bug, Mathias - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 12, pp. 288-294
reporting. A comparison of crime reporting with police crime statistics and the WISIND indicator on the fear of crime also shows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207414
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Successive nonparametric estimation of conditional distributions
Vargas-Guzman, J. A.; Dimitrakopoulos, R. - 2003
of their conditional distribution. The indicator and probability kriging approaches of current nonparametric …
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Indicators of the Seasonal Cycle of Total Dissolved and Adsorbed Salts under Irrigation
Tedeschi, A.; Menenti, M. - In: Water Resources Management 16 (2002) 2, pp. 89-103
, although different crops were grown on the same plot during the 8 yr experiment. In 1996, the indicator of soil salinity was … used to evaluate the salt accumulation in the soil after a long time of saline irrigation. The indicator applied was the … truly comparable. The aims were to evaluate the accuracy and relevance of salinity indicator computed by means of a …
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