Measuring crime : behind the statistics /
Sharon Lohr Professor Emerita of Statistics at Arizona State University.
- viii, 157 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- ASA-CRC series on statistical reasoning in science and society .
Includes index.
Thinking statistically about crime -- Homicide -- Police statistics -- National crime victimization survey -- Sampling principles and the ncvs -- NCVS measurement and missing data -- Judging the quality of a statistic -- Sexual assault -- Fraud and identity theft -- Big data and crime statistics -- Crime statistics, 1915 and beyond.