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Modernizing Crime Statistics: Report 2 - New Systems for Measuring Crime (Paperback)
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Modernizing Crime Statistics: Report 2 - New Systems for Measuring Crime (Paperback)
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To derive statistics about crime ? to estimate its levels and
trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law
enforcement approaches to prevent it - a conceptual framework for
defining and thinking about crime is virtually a prerequisite.
Developing and maintaining such a framework is no easy task,
because the mechanics of crime are ever evolving and shifting: tied
to shifts and development in technology, society, and legislation.
Interest in understanding crime surged in the 1920s, which proved
to be a pivotal decade for the collection of nationwide crime
statistics. Now established as a permanent agency, the Census
Bureau commissioned the drafting of a manual for preparing crime
statistics?intended for use by the police, corrections departments,
and courts alike. The new manual sought to solve a perennial
problem by suggesting a standard taxonomy of crime. Shortly after
the Census Bureau issued its manual, the International Association
of Chiefs of Police in convention adopted a resolution to create a
Committee on Uniform Crime Records ?to begin the process of
describing what a national system of data on crimes known to the
police might look like. Report 1 performed a comprehensive
reassessment of what is meant by crime in U.S. crime statistics and
recommends a new classification of crime to organize measurement
efforts. This second report examines methodological and
implementation issues and presents a conceptual blueprint for
modernizing crime statistics. Table of Contents Front Matter
Summary 1 Introduction 2 "Traditional" and "New" Crime: Structuring
a Modern Crime Statistics Enterprise 3 Coordination and Governance
of Modern National Crime Statistics References Appendixes Appendix
A: Charge to the Panel on Modernizing the Nation's Crime Statistics
Appendix B: Historical Themes in the Development of U.S. Nationa
lCrime Statistics Appendix C: Coverage of Recommended Crime
Classification in Current Crime Statistics Appendix D: Remaining
Methodology and Implementation Issues for Modern Crime Statistics
Appendix E: Excerpted State Legal Requirements for Crime Reporting
Appendix F: Cautionary Tales from International Experience:
Police-Report Crime Statistics in the United Kingdom Appendix G:
Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff Committee on
National Statistics
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