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" Measurement problems in criminal justice research : "
John V. Pepper and Carol V. Petrie ; Committee on Law and Justice and Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.
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998074
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Measurement problems in criminal justice research : : workshop summary /\ John V. Pepper and Carol V. Petrie ; Committee on Law and Justice and Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.
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Washington, D.C. :: National Academies Press,, ©2003.
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1 online resource (ix, 100 pages) :: illustrations
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0309086353
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: 0309504015
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: 1280182970
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: 9781280182976
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0305086353
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Workshop convened on July 24, 2000 "to examine an array of measurement issues in the area of crime victimization and offending and to explore possible areas for future research to improve measurement methods"--Page 1.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Most major crime in this country emanates from two major data sources. The FBI'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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Criminal justice, Administration of-- Research-- United States.
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Criminal statistics-- United States.
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Criminology-- United States-- Methodology.
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Victims of crimes surveys-- United States.
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Criminal justice, Administration of-- Research.
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Criminal statistics.
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Criminology-- Methodology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Criminology.
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Victims of crimes surveys.
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United States.
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364/.072
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HV7419.5.M43 2003b
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Pepper, John,1964-
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Petrie, Carol.
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National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on Law and Justice.
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National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on National Statistics.
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