Measuring crime : behind the statistics / Sharon L. Lohr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lohr, Sharon L., 1960- author.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Sharon Lohr, the author of Sampling: Design and Analysis, has published widely about statistical methods for education, public policy, law, and crime. She has been recognized as Fellow of the American Statistical Association, elected member of the International Statistical Institute, and recipient of the Gertrude M. Cox Statistics Award and the Deming Lecturer Award. Formerly Dean's Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Arizona State University and a Vice President at Westat, she is now a freelance statistical consultant and writer. Visit her website at www.sharonlohr.com.

Contents:

Thinking statistically about crime

Homicide

Police statistics

National crime victimization survey

Sampling principles and the ncvs

NCVS measurement and missing data

Judging the quality of a statistic

Sexual assault

Fraud and identity theft

Big data and crime statistics

Crime statistics, 1915 and beyond.

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Lohr, Sharon L., 1960- Measuring crime.

ISBN:

9780429201189

0429201184

9780429572838

0429572832

9780429574948

0429574940

9780429577055

0429577052

Publisher Number:

99980385061

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.