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9780521862042

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

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    9780521862042

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    0521862043

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-12-04
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Contributor Biographiesp. xi
Introduction
Introductionp. 3
Overview of the Two National Measures of U.S. Crime
Introduction to the National Crime Victimization Surveyp. 17
Introduction to the Uniform Crime Reporting Programp. 55
Defining Divergence and Convergence
What Is Convergence, and What Do We Know About It?p. 93
Sources of Divergence in the NCVS
Methodological Change in the NCVS and the Effect on Convergencep. 125
Series Victimizations and Divergencep. 156
Exploring Differences in Estimates of Visits to Emergency Rooms for Injuries from Assaults Using the NCVS and NHAMCSp. 183
Sources of Divergence in the UCR
Using NIBRS to Study Methodological Sources of Divergence Between the UCR and NCVSp. 225
Explaining the Divergence Between UCR and NCVS Aggravated Assault Trendsp. 251
Missing UCR Data and Divergence of the NCVS and UCR Trendsp. 269
Conclusion
Conclusionp. 297
Indexp. 335
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