Modernizing Crime Statistics: Report 2: New Systems for Measuring Crime
2018

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To derive statistics about crime – to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approaches to prevent it – a conceptual framework for defining and thinking about crime is virtually a prerequisite. Developing and maintaining such a framework is no easy task, because the mechanics of crime are ever evolving and shifting: tied to shifts and development in technology, society, and legislation.

Interest in understanding crime surged in the 1920s, which proved to be a pivotal decade for the collection of nationwide crime statistics. Now established as a permanent agency, the Census Bureau commissioned the drafting of a manual for preparing crime statistics—intended for use by the police, corrections departments, and courts alike. The new manual sought to solve a perennial problem by suggesting a standard taxonomy of crime. Shortly after the Census Bureau issued its manual, the International Association of Chiefs of Police in convention adopted a resolution to create a Committee on Uniform Crime Records —to begin the process of describing what a national system of data on crimes known to the police might look like.

Report 1 performed a comprehensive reassessment of what is meant by crime in U.S. crime statistics and recommends a new classification of crime to organize measurement efforts. This second report examines methodological and implementation issues and presents a conceptual blueprint for modernizing crime statistics.

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280 pages · 6 x 9 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-47261-X
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-47262-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25035

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Front Matter i-xx
Summary 1-14
1 Introduction 15-24
2 "Traditional" and "New" Crime: Structuring a Modern Crime Statistics Enterprise 25-48
3 Coordination and Governance of Modern National Crime Statistics 49-72
References 73-82
Appendixes 83-84
Appendix A: Charge to the Panel on Modernizing the Nation's Crime Statistics 85-88
Appendix B: Historical Themes in the Development of U.S. Nationa lCrime Statistics 89-110
Appendix C: Coverage of Recommended Crime Classification in Current Crime Statistics 111-158
Appendix D: Remaining Methodology and Implementation Issues for Modern Crime Statistics 159-182
Appendix E: Excerpted State Legal Requirements for Crime Reporting 183-242
Appendix F: Cautionary Tales from International Experience: Police-Report Crime Statistics in the United Kingdom 243-248
Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff 249-258
Committee on National Statistics 259-260

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