Reactions to crime project, 1977 [Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco]

Description

This survey was conducted by the Center for Urban Affairs at Northwestern University. Its purpose was to gather information for two investigations which analyzed the impact of crime on the lives of city dwellers. These were the Reactions to Crime (RTC) Project which was supported by the United States Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice as part of its Research Agreements Program, and the Rape Project which was supported by the National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape, a sub-division of the National Institute of Mental Health. Both projects were concerned with individual behavior and collective reactions to crime. The Rape Project was specifically concerned with sexual assault and its consequences for the lives of women. The survey was carried out by the Market Opinion Research Corporation between October and December, 1977, using a telephone interview scheme. Questionnaire preparation and initial pretesting, along with all sampling and telephone number preparation, was conducted at Northwestern University. The three cities selected for study were Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. A total of ten neighborhoods were chosen from these cities along a number of dimensions--ethnicity, class, crime, and levels of organizational activity.