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Understanding crime statistics : revisiting the divergence of the NCVS and UCR / edited by James P. Lynch, Lynn A. Addington.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in criminology.
- Cambridge studies in criminology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal statistics--United States--Evaluation.
- Criminal statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 340 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Understanding Crime Statistics, Lynch and Addington draw on the work of leading experts on U.S. crime statistics to provide much-needed research on appropriate use of this data. Specifically, the contributors explore the issues surrounding divergence in the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which have been the two major indicators of the level and of the change in level of crime in the United States for the past 30 years. This book examines recent changes in the UCR and the NCVS and assesses the effect these have had on divergence. By focusing on divergence, the authors encourage readers to think about how these data systems filter the reality of crime. Understanding Crime Statistics builds on this discussion of divergence to explain how the two data systems can be used as they were intended - in complementary rather than competitive ways.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributor Biographies; INTRODUCTION; OVERVIEW OF THE TWO NATIONAL MEASURES OF U.S. CRIME; DEFINING DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE; SOURCES OF DIVERGENCE IN THE NCVS; SOURCES OF DIVERGENCE IN THE UCR; CONCLUSION; Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-16851-1
- 1-280-75060-X
- 0-511-26969-2
- 0-511-27025-9
- 0-511-26847-5
- 0-511-32301-8
- 0-511-61854-9
- 0-511-26914-5
- OCLC:
- 437176932
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