On 29-Jun-07 16:03:17, Jay Ginn wrote:
> Dear Martin,
>
> One of the most striking phenomena about recorded crime is the
> extent to which stats distort the incidence of crime and the
> characteristics of criminals. The British Crime Survey (where a
> probability sample is surveyed as to crimes they have experienced
> as victims) provides a different picture, although it may bring
> distortions of other kinds. Also, as I'm sure you know if youve
> read the excellent lit in Radstats on Crime and Deviance, categories
> of crime are socially constructed, so they vary over time and culture,
> reflecting power structures, prejudices etc.
>
> So beware taking official stats on crime at face value!
>
> Jay Ginn
I have searched through the on-line issues of the RadStats Journal
(from the latest, 92 (2006), back to 82 (2003)) without finding an
article which has "Crime" and "Deviance" in the title. And a RadStats
site search on "Deviance" returned zero results.
Similarly if I look under "Crime and war", and "Government and
statistics" in the Subject Index.
So can Jay please identifiy what she's referring to, so that I can
read it?
With thanks,
Ted.
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