The Mismeasure of Crime.

The Mismeasure of Crime.

Filled with real world examples derived from media reports on crime trends and other sources, this fully updated Second Edition analyzes the specific errors that can occur in the three most common methods used to report crime-official crime data, self report, and victimization studies. For each meth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mosher, Clayton James
Other Authors: Miethe, Terance D., Hart, Timothy C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2010.
Subjects:
Criminal statistics.
Criminal statistics > United States.
Victims of crimes surveys.
Victims of crimes surveys > United States.
Criminal statistics
Victims of crimes surveys
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Brief Contents; Detailed Contents; Exhibits; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1
  • Introduction: The Pervasiveness (and Limitations) of Measurement; Chapter 2
  • The History of Measuring Crime; Chapter 3
  • Official Crime Data; Chapter 4
  • Self-Report Studies; Chapter 5
  • Victimization Surveys; Chapter 6
  • Crime Patterns, Evaluating Crime Policies, and Criminological Theories; References; Index; About the Authors.

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