1962
DOI: 10.2307/1141576
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A Study of Police Errors in Crime Classification

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“…What Professor Edwards (1961) said 12. The only empirical data on this question are provided by a study conducted in Puerto Rico (see Ferracuti et al, 1962). The study found that a) while the amount of actual errors made in routine reporting is unknown, the data indicated that it was substantial; b) there was a lack of conformity between the ranking assigned by police officers, according to the « seriousness » of the crimes and the maximum length of the sentence.…”
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“…What Professor Edwards (1961) said 12. The only empirical data on this question are provided by a study conducted in Puerto Rico (see Ferracuti et al, 1962). The study found that a) while the amount of actual errors made in routine reporting is unknown, the data indicated that it was substantial; b) there was a lack of conformity between the ranking assigned by police officers, according to the « seriousness » of the crimes and the maximum length of the sentence.…”
Section: B Problems Of Analysis Related To the Cucrmentioning
confidence: 99%