NCJ Number
36794
Journal
Kriminalistik Volume: 30 Issue: 8 Dated: (AUGUST 1976) Pages: 337-345
Date Published
1976
Length
9 pages
Annotation
THE NECESSARY METHODOLOGY FOR THE RELIABLE ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION OF CRIMINALITY DOES NOT EXIST AT THIS TIME.
Abstract
IN CONTRAST TO THE RISING CRIME RATES IN WEST GERMANY, THE COUNTRY'S INDICTMENT AND CONVICTION RATES HAVE REMAINED CONSTANT FOR DECADES. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT CURRENT METHODS OF DERIVING CRIME RATES HAVE AN INHERENT TENDENCY TO OVERESTIMATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE OVERALL CRIME PICTURE. --IN GERMAN