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Tables of Contents for The Mismeasure of Crime
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Exhibits
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
24
Reliability, Validity, and Sources of Error in the Measurement of Social Phenomena
5
9
Measuring Crime and Deviance
14
8
The Design of This Book
22
3
The History of Measuring Crime
25
34
The Early History of Measuring Social Phenomena and Crime
26
7
The Development of Uniform Crime Reports in the United States
33
5
The Dark Figure and Additional Problems with Crime Statistics
38
4
Early Self-Report Studies
42
11
Victimization Surveys
53
3
Summary and Conclusions
56
3
Official Crime Data
59
42
Uniform Crime Reports in the United States
60
2
Data Collection Procedures Under the Uniform Crime Reports Program
62
11
Official Crime Trends and Patterns Based on Uniform Crime Reports
73
10
Problems with Police Data on Crime
83
15
Summary and Conclusions
98
3
Self-Report Studies
101
34
The Method behind the Measure
102
4
Self-Reports on Crime and Delinquency
106
18
Self-Reports from ``Known'' Criminals and Delinquents
124
7
Summary and Conclusions
131
4
Victimization Surveys
135
36
U.S. National Crime Victimization Surveys
136
18
Other Victimization Surveys
154
1
Problems with Victimization Surveys
155
12
Summary and Conclusions
167
4
Crime Patterns, Evaluating Crime Policies, and Criminological Theories
171
22
Crime Trends
172
4
Using Crime Data to Evaluate Crime Policies and Criminological Theory
176
11
Improving Police Statistics, Self-Reports, and Victim Surveys
187
2
Summary and Conclusions
189
4
References
193
12
Author Index
205
4
Subject Index
209
5
About the Authors
214