RT Article
T1 A comparison of SHR and Vital Statistics homicide estimates for U. S. cities
JF Journal of contemporary criminal justice
VO 24
IS 1
SP 4
OP 17
A1 Loftin, Colin
A1 Fetzer, Matthew D.
A1 McDowall, David
A2 Fetzer, Matthew D.
A2 McDowall, David
LA English
YR 2008
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1912487675
AB Differences between homicide estimates for large cities from 1987 through 1991 using the Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) and the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) are reported. Large differences exist between the NVSS and the SHR estimates expressed both as counts and as rates per 100,000 residents. Three major reasons for the differences are identified. First, many cities fail to report the SHR data in some years during the study. Second, in some places the police jurisdiction used in the SHR does not correspond to the boundaries of the city used in the NVSS. Third, the SHR associates victims with the place where the assault occurs, whereas the NVSS associates victims with the place of residence. For many purposes, the NVSS provides more accurate and appropriate measures of homicide victimization than the SHR. However, because the city-level NVSS data are requested by place of residence, they measure a different concept than the SHR, which classifies victims by place of occurrence.
K1 Supplementary Homicide Report
K1 National Vital Statistics System
K1 Homicide
K1 Murder
K1 residence rates
K1 occurrence rates
DO 10.1177/1043986207312585