Understanding Crime Statistics : Revisiting the Divergence of the NCVS and the UCR Hardback
Edited by James P. (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York) Lynch, Lynn A. (American University, Washington DC) Addington
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Criminology series
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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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:356 pages, 28 Tables, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/12/2006
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- ISBN:9780521862042
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:356 pages, 28 Tables, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/12/2006
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- ISBN:9780521862042
