Modernizing crime statistics [electronic resource] : Report 1 -- Defining and classifying crime / Panel on Modernizing the Nation's Crime Statistics ; Janet L. Lauritsen and Daniel L. Cork, editors ; Committee on National Statistics, Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.
"To derive statistics about crime - to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approaches to prevent it - a conceptual framework for defining and thinking about crime is virtually a prerequisite. Developing and maintaining such a framewo...
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Defining and classifying crime
Modernizing Crime Statistics: Report 1: Defining and Classifying Crime |
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Contents:
- Front matter
- Summary
- Introduction: Crime statistics in the United States
- Current scope and state of nationally compiled crime data
- User and uses of crime statistics
- Historical and extant classifications of crime
- Proposed classification of crime for statistics purposes
- References
- Appendixes
- Appendix A: Charge to the Panel on Modernizing the Nation's Crime Statistics
- Appendix B: Participants in the Panel's Workshop-style meetings and regular sessions
- Appendix C: Alternative and example classifications of crime
- Appendix D: Detailed definitions and exclusions, Panel's proposed classification of crime
- Appendix E: Biographical sketches of Panel members and staff
- Committee on National Statistics.