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Defining and Measuring Crime and Criminal Justice

Contents of This Chapter:

  1. Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
    1. Learning Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Critical Thinking Questions
    4. Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  2. Research Methods
    1. Survey Research Method
    2. Meta-Analysis Research Method
      1. Quasi-Experimental Research Method
    3. Cross-Sectional Research Method
    4. Randomized Control Trial (RCT) Research Method
    5. Licenses and Attributions for Research Methods
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  3. Impact on People’s Lives
    1. Statistics on “Other Groups”
    2. Statistics on Native American and Latinx
    3. Licenses and Attributions for Impact on People’s Lives
      1. Open Content, Shared Previously
  4. Underreporting of Crime
    1. Some Reasons People May Not Report:
    2. Licenses and Attributions for Underreporting of Crime
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  5. Official Statistics
    1. Reading Data Right: Crime Reporting Statistics
    2. National Incident-Based Reporting System, or NIBRS
    3. Summary Reporting System
    4. NIBRS as the Standard
      1. Key Features of NIBRS
      2. Measuring Crime with NIBRS Data
      3. Current NIBRS Reporting Status (as of May 2024)
      4. Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program
      5. Exclusions from the LEOKA Program’s Data Collection
    5. Hate Crime Statistics
      1. FBI UCR Program’s Hate Crime Data Collection
      2. Types of Hate Crimes by Category (Box)
    6. National Use-of-Force Data Collection
      1. Activity: Bureau of Justice Statistics
    7. 50-State Crime Data (Map)
    8. Licenses and Attributions for Official Statistics
      1. Open Content, Shared Previously
  6. Victimization Studies
    1. Activity: NCVS Data Analysis
    2. Licenses and Attributions for Victimization Studies
      1. Open Content, Shared Previously
  7. Self-Report Statistics
    1. Monitoring the Future
    2. In the Report: One Form of Drug Use Showed a Sharp Increase in Use in 2018
      1. Activity: Which Data Should We Use?
    3. Licenses and Attributions for Self-Report Statistics
  8. Misusing Statistics
    1. Licenses and Attributions for Misusing Statistics
      1. Open Content Shared previously
  9. Conclusion
    1. Learning Objectives
    2. Review of Key Terms
    3. Self-Comprehension Check
    4. Review of Critical Thinking Questions
    5. Licenses and Attributions for Conclusion
  10. References

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