GETTING THE CRIME RATE DOWN - POLITICAL PRESSURE AND CRIME REPORTING

• NCJ Number: 25523
• Journal: Law and Society Review Volume: 8 Issue: 3 Dated: (SPRING 1974) Pages: 457-493
• Author(s): D SEIDMAN; M COUZENS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 37 pages
• Corporate Author: Law and Society Assoc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF MANIPULATION OF UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING STATISTICS BY POLICE IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE FROM THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE CRIME.

Abstract

CRIME PROGRAMS AND STATISTICS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRIOR TO JUNE 30, 1971 ARE EMPHASIZED. BRIEF ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO STATISTICAL MISREPRESENTATION IN BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA. RESULTS OF AN AUDIT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CRIME STATISTICS AND REDEFINITION OF CATEGORIES IN THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING INDEX AFTER THE 1971 CUT-OFF DATA APPEAR IN AN AFTERWORD.