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Understanding Crime Incidence Statistics
Biderman, Albert D.; Lynch, James P.
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Paperback. Series: Research in Criminology. Num Pages: 132 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JM; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 240.
The prominence achieved by the novel measure of "households touched by crime" when it was introduced into the National Crime Survey (NCS) in 1981 was responsible for renewed attention to comparisons between the crime rates reported by the NCS and the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). The new NCS measure suggested that crime was declining; this at a time of widespread awareness that the UCR Index was at all-time highs. Com parisons of the NCS and UCR in The New York Times (1981) and the Washington Post (1981) had the unfortunate consequence of reviving old and usually ill-informed arguments about which ... Read more
The prominence achieved by the novel measure of "households touched by crime" when it was introduced into the National Crime Survey (NCS) in 1981 was responsible for renewed attention to comparisons between the crime rates reported by the NCS and the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). The new NCS measure suggested that crime was declining; this at a time of widespread awareness that the UCR Index was at all-time highs. Com parisons of the NCS and UCR in The New York Times (1981) and the Washington Post (1981) had the unfortunate consequence of reviving old and usually ill-informed arguments about which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
Series
Research in Criminology
Number of Pages
132
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461277477
SKU
V9781461277477
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