
Measurement Problems in Criminal Justice Research
Workshop Summary
National Academies Press
Published on 18. December 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
111 pages
978-0-309-08635-6 (ISBN)
Description
Most major crime in this country emanates from two major data sources. The FBIa (TM)s Uniform Crime Reports has collected information on crimes known to the police and arrests from local and state jurisdictions throughout the country. The National Crime Victimization Survey, a general population survey designed to cover the extent, nature, and consequences of criminal victimization, has been conducted annually since the early1970s. This workshop was designed to consider similarities and differences in the methodological problems encountered by the survey and criminal justice research communities and what might be the best focus for the research community. In addition to comparing and contrasting the methodological issues associated with self-report surveys and official records, the workshop explored methods for obtaining accurate self-reports on sensitive questions about crime events, estimating crime and victimization in rural counties and townships and developing unbiased prevalence and incidence rates for rate events among population subgroups.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 228 mm
Weight
191 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-309-08635-6 (9780309086356)
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Measurement Problems in Criminal Justice Research
Workshop Summary
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Persons
John V. Pepper and Carol V. Petrie, Editors, National Research Council
Content
1 Front Matter; 2 1. Overview; 3 2. Measuring Crime and Crime Victimization: Methodological Issues; 4 3. Comparison of Self-Report and Official Data for Measuring Crime; 5 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; 6 Appendix B: List of Workshop Participants