Measuring Juvenile Crime to Compare Trends Among U.S. States: Secondary Data Analysis

The National Death Index as a Source of Homicide Data: A Methodological Exposition of Promises and Pitfalls for Criminologists

“…Social scientists of all stripes recognize the value of quality instrumentation and measurement. Criminologists are intimately familiar with these challenges as the key sources of data—official records and self-report surveys—used to examine the dependent variables in the field are subject to a variety of well-documented limitations (Eterno et al, 2016; Mosher et al, 2010; Piquero et al, 2014; Pyrooz et al, 2019; Tcherni-Buzzeo, 2018). However, nearly all criminologists agree that homicide is the most reliable and valid type of crime measured.…”