Evolución de la delincuencia en España: análisis longitudinal con encuestas de victimización

In Spain we do not have periodic victimization surveys since no agency has undertaken this important task. In order to determine crime levels and trends, national researchers have been forced to focus on official statistics, despite the known weaknesses of these sources. The present research display...

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Main Authors: Pérez Jiménez, Fátima, Benítez Jiménez, María José, Cerezo Domínguez, Ana Isabel, García España, Elisa, Díez Ripollés, José Luis
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Sociedad Española de Investigación Criminológica (SEIC) 2010
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=3187503
Source:Revista Española de Investigación Criminológica: REIC, ISSN 1696-9219, Nº. 8, 2010
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Summary: In Spain we do not have periodic victimization surveys since no agency has undertaken this important task. In order to determine crime levels and trends, national researchers have been forced to focus on official statistics, despite the known weaknesses of these sources. The present research displays an analysis of the current Spanish criminality, as shown by victimization surveys nationwide. The longitudinal comparison was made between the two passes (1989 and 2005) of the International Crime Victim Survey (ICVS) in which Spain participated, and polls conducted by the Observatory for Crime in 2009 with the same ICVS questionnaire. Having these three surveys in sight, we have been able to describe and to assess the evolution of crime in Spain in the last two decades. As the reader will see through these pages, although public opinion assumes that crime in Spain has increased through the last twenty years, victim surveys for these decades show that crime in Spain has continuously dropped.