| Measuring Crime: Large-Scale, Long-Range Efforts Contributor(s): MacKenzie, Doris L. (Editor), Baunach, Phyllis Jo (Editor), Roberg, Roy R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791401448 ISBN-13: 9780791401446 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 364.072 |
| LCCN: 89-30043 |
| Series: Suny Critical Issues in Criminal Justice |
| Physical Information: 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The authors systematically explore and integrate available knowledge about the essential large data bases in criminological research. The book critically examines the way crime is measured, and the future of statistical methods in the National Crime Survey and the Uniform Crime Reports (FBI). A distinguished group of contributors discusses theoretical issues of crime measurement, analyzes the National Crime Survey (NCS), examines surveys and censuses for prisons and jails and their limitations, explores the use of archival data in criminological research and measuring homicide, and discusses implications for policy in the criminal justice arena. |