This report is a comparative study of crime and delinquency in Belgium, Denmark, England and Wales, Norway, and Switzerland from about 1946-48 to about 1962-64. It is an attempt to analyze statistical data on the crime rates, trends and variations in criminal patterns in these countries, and -- to a certain extent -- to compare them. The report also includes some data concerning Austria, Federal Germany, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden.

An overview of the urban crime problem containing the results of a number of research studies and consultant papers. This volume makes use of the results of three major public surveys to examine the problem of unreported crime, public attitudes toward crime and law enforcement, the characteristics of victims and victim-offender relationships, and a variety of other crime problems. Chapters are devoted to the special problems of the economic burden of crime, white collar crime, and an appraisal of the current national system of statistical accounting on crime and criminal justice matters. There are three appendices prepared by consultants, two methodological notes and a series of tables of crime rates for index offenses by city rank.

A set of chapters prepared by leading figures currently engaged in the study of homicide. Each chapter provides a review and summary of research literatures that deal with social theories of homicide, methodological problems in the study of homicide research among specific groups, and public policy reactions designed to prevent homicide.