1996 (n=1905) | 1999 (n=2521) | Combined | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respondents | Incidents | Respondents | Incidents | Respondents | Incidents | |
*Based on % of a sample of cases in which the narrative indicated that respondent had only witnessed the event. | ||||||
Total positives | 122 | 450 | 131 | 342 | 253 | 792 |
Exclusions: | ||||||
Witness only | 31 | 112 | 6* | 12* | 37 | 124 |
Thought to be criminal | 8 | 16 | 14 | 35 | 22 | 51 |
Police officer | 10 | 150 | 11 | 30 | 21 | 180 |
Security guard | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
Military personnel | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Arson investigator | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Private investigator | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
Outside of US | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Out of time frame (>5 years) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
Insufficient information | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
Other | 2 | 4 | 1 | 97 | 3 | 101 |
Total exclusions | 64 | 338 | 37 | 183 | 101 | 521 |
Cases | 58 | 112 | 94 | 159 | 152 | 271 |