Expanding our understanding of crime: the national academies report on the future of crime statistics and measurement

This article summarizes the recommendations of the National Academies’ Committee on National Statistics’ Panel on Modernizing the Nation's Crime Statistics first report—Modernizing Crime Statistics, Report 1: Defining and Classifying Crime (Lauritsen and Cork, 2016)—and discusses some of its im...

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Authors: Lauritsen, Janet Lynn (Author) ; Cork, Daniel L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Criminology & public policy
Year: 2017, Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Pages: 1075-1098
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Crime statistics
Modernization
Crime measurement
Modernisierung
Kriminalitätsstatistik
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Summary:This article summarizes the recommendations of the National Academies’ Committee on National Statistics’ Panel on Modernizing the Nation's Crime Statistics first report—Modernizing Crime Statistics, Report 1: Defining and Classifying Crime (Lauritsen and Cork, 2016)—and discusses some of its implications for criminologists and practitioners.
ISSN:1745-9133
DOI:10.1111/1745-9133.12332