Crime statistics are everywhere, but how do you know when they’re valid? If a newspaper report says "the rate of overall violent crime decreased by 0.9 percen

Measuring Crime and Criminality focuses on how different approaches to measuring crime and criminality are used to test existing criminological theories. Each c

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of criminology find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best availab

A unique look at the problems in measuring crime both historically and internationally Filled with real world examples derived from media reports on crime trend