Understanding Crime Incidence Statistics
Why the UCR Diverges From the NCS
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 is the better measure of trends in crime. More…
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Weitere Autoren: Lynch, James P.
- ISBN: 978-1-4612-7747-7
- EAN: 9781461277477
- Produktnummer: 13334212
- Verlag: Springer New York
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 148 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D0.8 cm 236 g
- Auflage: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 236
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