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The Mismeasure of Crime (Key Questions for Criminal Justice) (1st Edition) by Clayton James Mosher, Dretha Mae Phillips, Terance D. Miethe, Dretha M. Philips Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-7619-8711-8 / 0761987118 ISBN-13: 978-0-7619-8711-6 / 9780761987116 After a decade of steady decline, the appearance of conflicting reports regarding crime statistics has led many to call into question the accuracy of the current methods used to compile these statistics. Because the measurement of social phenomena involves human decisions, inevitably errors are made |