Citation

Messner SF. J. Crim. Justice 1984; 12(5): 435-444.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(84)90091-6

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper compares composite crime indexes across two alternative data sources–the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Crime Survey (NCS). A variety of indexes are constructed based on weights derived from Sellin and Wolfgang's