The Prevalence of Crime in the United States and Its Extent Compared with That in the Leading European States

Goebel, Julius

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“…However, this was not obvious to the criminologists and criminal statisticians of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century. Thus we find somewhat uncritical generalizations based on the prison data that were published on temporal patterns of crime (Ellwood 1910;Falkner 1897;Goebel 1913;Pickard 1885), characteristics of offenders (Boies 1972;Commons 1904;Hewes 1896), and the politically sensitive issue of immigration and crime (Hart 1896;Industrial Commission 1902;Mayo-Smith 1893;Trenor 1904). However, by the late 1920s, perhaps as a consequence of Sutherland's (1924) devastating criticism of prison data, the idea that a census of prisoners could be employed as an index of crime had been effectively laid to rest.…”

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The Creation of the Uniform Crime Report

Rosen¹

1995

Social Science History

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The introduction of the Uniform Crime Reporting system (UCR) in 1930 remains one of the most important events in the history of criminal statistics in the United States. Based on local police reports, it is the oldest extant national crime data system in the United States, with the possible exception of prison statistics. It continues to be a vitally important data system because of its extensive use by scholars, social critics, governmental organizations and the media, and as such it has made a major contribution to our understanding of crime in the United States in the last half century. The UCR has also had its share of controversy, involving not only scientific issues of validity and reliability, but the possibility of covert agendas on the part of the police and the FBI to foster an image of effective law enforcement. Despite its importance and controversial nature there is no single objective and definitive written history documenting the beginnings of the UCR. That which exists tends to be brief and superficial, and at times even ideologically biased (Leonard 1954; Maltz 1977; Sherman et al. 1982; Thompson 1968; U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation 1940).

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The Creation of the Uniform Crime Report

Rosen¹

1995

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“… 8 See Warner (1934:35) for a list of states publishing court statistics by 1930; most of the series began after 1900, although the earliest was in 1879 by Indiana, quickly followed by Ohio in 1880. See MacDonald (1910b) for a discussion comparing crime statistics in Germany, France, and England from the late 19th into the early 20th century, and Goebel (1913) for a comparison of crime “prevalence” between the United States and “leading” European states. …”

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Empirical Legal Studies Before 1940: A Bibliographic Essay

Kritzer

2009

J Empirical Legal Studies

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The modern empirical legal studies movement has well‐known antecedents in the law and society and law and economics traditions of the latter half of the 20th century. Less well known is the body of empirical research on legal phenomena from the period prior to World War II. This article is an extensive bibliographic essay that surveys the English‐language empirical legal research from approximately 1940 and earlier. The article is arranged around the themes in the research: criminal justice, civil justice (general studies of civil litigation, auto accident litigation and compensation, divorce, small claims, jurisdiction and procedure, civil juries), debt and bankruptcy, banking, appellate courts, legal needs, legal profession (including legal education), and judicial staffing and selection. Accompanying the article is an extensive bibliography of research articles, books, and reports.

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Psychology of religion (practical).

Faris¹

1914

Psychological Bulletin

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The Prevalence of Crime in the United States and Its Extent Compared with That in the Leading European States

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The Creation of the Uniform Crime Report

The Creation of the Uniform Crime Report

Empirical Legal Studies Before 1940: A Bibliographic Essay

Psychology of religion (practical).

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