Understanding Crime Statistics: Revisiting the Divergence of the NCVS and the UCR (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)

Lynch, James P.; Addington, Lynn A.

ISBN 10: 0521680417 / ISBN 13: 9780521680417

Editore: Cambridge University Press (edition ), 2006

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• Titolo: Understanding Crime Statistics: Revisiting the Divergence of the NCVS and the UCR (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press (edition )
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521680417
• ISBN 13: 9780521680417
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

This book examines recent changes in the UCR and the NCVS and assesses the effect of divergence.

Informazioni sugli autori

James P. Lynch is co-author (with Albert D. Biderman) of Understanding Crime Incidence Statistics: Why the UCR Diverges from the NCS and (with Rita J. Simon) of Immigration the World Over: Statutes, Policies and Practices. He has published in many journals including Criminology, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and Justice Quarterly.

Lynn A. Addington's recent work has appeared in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology and Homicide Studies and has been supported by grants from the American Education Research Association (National Center for Education Statistics - National Science Foundation), the American Statistical Association, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the National Institute of Justice.