Understanding Crime Statistics - Revisiting the Divergence of the NCVS and the UCR (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Criminology
Release date:	December 2006
First published:	2007
Editors:	James P. Lynch • Lynn A. Addington
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	356
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-86204-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN:	0-521-86204-3
Barcode:	9780521862042

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