04048nam 2200649 450 991045551690332120200520144314.01-282-03361-197866120336121-4426-7689-210.3138/9781442676893(CKB)2420000000004171(OCoLC)431558097(CaPaEBR)ebrary10219178(SSID)ssj0000302176(PQKBManifestationID)11217779(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000302176(PQKBWorkID)10265576(PQKB)11587739(CaBNvSL)thg00600692 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255270(MiAaPQ)EBC4671692(DE-B1597)464627(OCoLC)944177905(OCoLC)999369765(DE-B1597)9781442676893(Au-PeEL)EBL4671692(CaPaEBR)ebr11257393(EXLCZ)99242000000000417120160921h20012001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMaking crime count /Kevin D. HaggertyToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2001.©20011 online resource (231 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8020-8348-X 0-8020-4809-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics: The Organization and Critique of Crime Statistics -- 2. Numerical Governance and Knowledge Networks -- 3. Networks and Numbers: The Institutional Production of Crime Data -- 4. Counting Race: The Politics of a Contentious Classification -- 5. Politics and Numbers -- 6. From Private Facts to Public Knowledge: Authorship and the Media in Communicating Statistical Facts -- Conclusion: Statistics, Governance, and Rationality -- References -- IndexOfficial statistics are one of the most important sources of knowledge about crime and the criminal justice system. Yet, little is known about the inner workings of the institutions that produce these numbers. In this groundbreaking study, Kevin D. Haggerty sheds light on the process involved in the gathering and disseminating of crime statistics through an empirical examination of the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS), the branch of Statistics Canada responsible for producing data on the criminal justice system. Making Crime Count details how the availability of criminal justice statistics has fostered a distinctive approach to the governance of crime and criminal justice. What has emerged is a form of actuarial justice whereby crime is increasingly understood as a statistical probability, rather than a moral failing. At the same time, statistics render criminal justice organizations amenable to governmental strategies that aim to manage the system itself. Using contemporary work in the sociology of science as a frame, Haggerty explores the means by which the CCJS has been able to produce its statistics. The emphasis is on the extra-scientific factors involved in this process, the complex knowledge networks that must be aligned between assorted elements and institutions, and, specifically, the continual negotiations between CCJS employees and the police over how to secure data for the 'uniform crime report' survey. The conclusions accentuate the need for anyone studying governance to consider the politics and processes of governmental knowledge production.Criminal statisticsCanadaElectronic books.Criminal statistics364.971Haggerty Kevin D.802757MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455516903321Making crime count2467511UNINA