nmm 22 4500 ICPSR21740 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130524s2008 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR21740 MiAaI MiAaI Criminal Victimization in Contemporary Urban China [electronic resource] A Multi-Level Analysis of Survey Data for the City of Tianjin, 2004 Steven F. Messner , Lening Zhang , Jianhong Liu 2008-07-17 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2008 ICPSR 21740 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-24. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. The Chinese Criminal Victimization Survey collected information regarding demographic, lifestyle, and neighborhood characteristics, and criminal victimization from respondents in six traditional districts located in the central urban area of Tianjin: Heping, Nankai, Hongxiao, Hexi, Hebei, and Hedong. The primary objective of the survey was to study the relationship between lifestyles, neighborhood characteristics, and personal safety among residents of Tianjin, so that improvements can be made in policy-making for public safety and the protection of residents. First, the survey collected demographic information including sex/gender, year of birth, highest completed level of education, employment status, marital status, owner of household, residential status, distance between residence and police station, length of time at current address, household composition, average household income, physical strength, and self-defense capability. The next major focus, lifestyle characteristics, asked respondents about their enrollment in schools, employment, grocery shopping, dining out, and the frequency, mode of travel, and time spent traveling to these activities. Respondents were also asked about alcohol consumption, frequency of travel outside of Tianjin for leisure or work, how often they wore expensive jewelry, safety precautions when leaving home, security at their residence, and the durable goods they owned. The next topic, neighborhood characteristics, queried respondents about their relationship between themselves and their neighbors and the level of trust among these individuals, their involvement in the community and cooperation of neighbors during disputes or emergencies, the frequency of incidents in the last 6 months (i.e. burglaries and fights), and the respondents' perception of safety when walking alone at night. Questions were also asked whether a mediation committee existed and if so, how active it was. For the final section, the survey collected information on the following crimes: theft of bicycles, burglary, swindling, robbery (both armed and unarmed), personal theft, assaults, and sexual offenses (interviewing women only). Respondents were asked whether any incident had occurred to them in the last five years prior to the survey, when and where the most recent incident occurred, whether they reported it to the police, the cost of damages or how much was stolen, the number of offenders involved, whether the offenders had a weapon, and if so, what type and whether they were used, and the respondents' relationships to the offenders. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21740.v1 armed robbery icpsr assault icpsr burglary icpsr community involvement icpsr crime reporting icpsr demographic characteristics icpsr durable goods icpsr fear of crime icpsr fraud icpsr lifestyles icpsr neighborhood characteristics icpsr offenses icpsr personal security icpsr reactions to crime icpsr residential environment icpsr robbery icpsr security systems icpsr self defense icpsr sexual assault icpsr social attitudes icpsr social behavior icpsr social environment icpsr social life icpsr stolen property icpsr transportation icpsr urban areas icpsr urban crime icpsr victimization icpsr ICPSR XVII.E. Social Institutions and Behavior, Crime and the Criminal Justice System Messner, Steven F. State University of New York (SUNY). University at Albany Zhang, Lening Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences Liu, Jianhong Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21740.v1