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Burglary: The Victim and the Public
ISBN: 9781487574208
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Toronto Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Burglary -- Ontario -- Toronto; Burglary protection; Victims of crimes -- Ontario -- Toronto;

This study focuses on the crime of burglary, its incidence and nature, and its victims, their experiences and reactions to it and their attitudes toward traditional and innovative sentencing practices. The analysis is based on a systematic survey of households, police records, census data, and interviews.

IRVIN WALLER is Director General, Research Division of the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada and author of Men Released from Prison.

Norman Okihro is Associate Professor of Sociology, Mount Saint Vincent University.