Lecture Notes for Exercise 7: Methods of Reporting Crime

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Prof. Takata's Notes on Exercise 6: Methods of Reporting Crime

Lecture Notes on Exercise 6: Methods of Reporting Crime
Curran and Takata, Teaching Series
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Which method -- Uniform Crime Reports, National Crime Victimization Surveys, self-reports -- would you rely on the most in measuring how much crime there is? Why?
Refer to September 16 lecture notes, "Measuring crime? How much crime is there?" Once you figure out what is it are you trying to measure, then the appropriate method should follow. (Basically an opinion question. Come up with your strongest argument.) This question is taken from Williams & McShane Criminology Theory. (questions at end of chapter)
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