Measuring Crime - Behind the Statistics

Summary

This book looks at crime statistics from a statistical point of view, and evaluates the different sources of crime statistics with respect to completeness, e.g., missing data, measurement error, and sampling variability. The goal of the book is to promote statistical reasoning about statistics.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon L. Lohr
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2019
• EAN: 9780367192310
• ISBN: 978-0-367-19231-0
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: ASA-CRC Series on Statistical Reasoning in Science and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Forensic Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, REFERENCE / General, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, Psychological methodology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Probability & statistics, Criminal justice law, Probability and statistics