This textbook offers students a practical and comprehensive introduction to statistics and highlights the integral role research and statistics play in the study of criminology and criminal justice. Packed with real-world case studies and contemporary examples utilizing the most…
"Offers students a practical and comprehensive introduction to statistics and highlights the integral role research and statistics play in the study of criminology and criminal justice." --Amazon.
This introductory textbook takes a building-block approach that emphasizes the application and interpretation of statistics in research in crime and justice. This text is meant for both students and professionals who want to gain a basic understanding of common statistical metho…
by Mosher, Clayton James, Miethe, Terance D., Phillips, Dretha M.
This book examines how crime data are collected, interpreted and used. Official data, self-report and victimization studies are analyzed in depth in order to demonstrate the specific errors that can occur in each type of measurement. The final chapter looks how crime data can be…
Filled with real world examples derived from media reports on crime trends and other sources, this fully updated Second Edition analyzes the specific errors that can occur in the three most common methods used to report crime - official crime data, self report, and victimization…
Filled with real world examples derived from media reports on crime trends and other sources, this fully updated Second Edition analyzes the specific errors that can occur in the three most common methods used to report crime--official crime data, self report, and victimization …