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Titolo |
The handbook of measurement issues in criminology and criminal justice / / edited by Beth M. Huebner and Timothy S. Bynum |
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West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-86876-5 |
1-119-09995-1 |
1-118-86864-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (635 p.) |
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Collana |
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Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Criminal justice, Administration of - Evaluation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Measurement of Criminal Typologies; 1 Violent Crime; Individual-Level Violence; Groups of Violent Offenders: The Case of Gangs; Violent Crime Incidents; The Geography of Violent Crime; Criminal Justice Strategies Designed to Reduce Violent Crime; Conclusion; References; Furter Reading; 2 Cybercrime; Defining Cybercrime; A Typology of Cybercrime; Methodological Limitations of Cybercrime Research; Computer-Mediated Communications as a Data Source; Considering the Future of Cybercrime Data Collection and Research |
ReferencesFurther Reading; 3 Juvenile Crime and Bullying; Introduction; Measurement Issues in Juvenile Delinquency; Conclusion; References; 4 Rape and Other Sexual Offending Behaviors; Introduction; Types of Sex Offenders; Typologies of Sex Offenders; Theoretical Explanations of Sex Offending; Risk Factors for Sex Offending; Specialization and Versatility in Sex Offending; Sex-Offending Recidivism; Sex Offender Registry and Notification Laws and Consequences; Conclusion; References; Further Reading; 5 White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Introduction; Measuring White-Collar Crime |
Measuring Corporate CrimeLooking Forward; References; 6 Human Trafficking; Introduction; Research on Human Trafficking; Estimating the Scope of Human Trafficking; Open-Source Estimates; Human |
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Trafficking Victimization and Operations Research; Assessing the Effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System and the Nongovernmental Response to the Problem of Human Trafficking; Conclusions; References; Further Reading; 7 Challenges in Measuring and Understanding Hate Crime; Background; Defining Hate Crime; FBI UCR Hate Crime Statistics Program; The NIBRS; National Crime Victimization Survey |
RecommendationsReferences; Further Reading; Part II: Offenders, Offending, and Victimization; 8 Gangs and Gang Crime; Defining Gangs, Gang Membership, and Gang Crime; The Use of Official Police Data; The Use of Ethnographic Studies; The Use of Self-Report Methods; Conclusion; References; Further Reading; 9 Gendered Pathways to Crime; Pathways Perspective; Common Pathways; Overview of Methodologies; Suggestions for Future Development; References; Further Reading; 10 Mental Health and Physical Studies; Mental Health Measurement Issues; Mental Health Measurement in Applied Studies |
Conducting Physical Health ResearchSummary; References; Further Reading; 11 Rehabilitation and Treatment Programming; Factors Influencing (Predicting) Program Outcomes; The Program: Structure, Components, and Features; Treatment Progress Measures; Client-Level Proximal Measures; Conclusion: Principles of Effective Programs and Services to Measure; References; Further Reading; 12 Measuring Victimization; How Is Victimization Typically Measured?; What Is the Phenomenon Being Measured?; Who Is Administered the Survey, and Who Is Not?; Two-Stage versus One-Stage Measurement Strategies |
Bounding and Telescoping |
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