Understanding Crime Statistics : Revisiting the Divergence of the NCVS and the UCR

Name: Understanding Crime Statistics
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521680417
Price: 7200 KES
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ISBN: 9780521680417

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Studies in Criminology

ISBN-10 0521680417

ISBN-13 9780521680417

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 4th, 2006

Print length 356 Pages

Weight 481 grams

Dimensions 22.80 x 15.20 x 2.20 cms

Product Classification: Crime & criminology Crime and criminology

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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.

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.

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