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SOURCES OF NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS - AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

NCJ Number
45006
Author(s)
N PARISI; M J HINDELANG; M R GOTTFREDSON
Date Published
1977
Length
70 pages
Annotation
THIS REPORT CONTAINS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF STATISTICAL SOURCES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
Abstract
THE SEARCH FOR NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS WAS CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE 1975 AND 1976 'SOURCEBOOK OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS.' THE ANNOTATIONS ARE ARRANGED INTO 11 TOPICAL SECTIONS: PUBLIC OPINION, CRIME, DRUGS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, DIVERSION, COURTS, JUVENILE, CORRECTIONS, FURLOUGHS, PROBATION AND PAROLE, AND GENERAL SOURCES OF STATISTICS. EACH ANNOTATION INCLUDES A FULL CITATION, CONTENTS, DATES OF THE DATA PRESENTED, PERIODICITY OF THE SOURCE, THE 'SOURCEBOOK' EDITION IN WHICH THE DATA APPEARED, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPES OF INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE SOURCE. AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SOURCES AND ADDRESSES OF PUBLISHERS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.