ARE INTERNATIONAL MURDER DATA VALID AND RELIABLE? SOME EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE USE OF INTERPOL DATA

• NCJ Number: 147885
• Journal: International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice Volume: 17 Issue: 1/2 Dated: (Spring/Fall 1993) Pages: 77-89
• Author(s): W S W Huang
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 13 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This is an evaluation of Interpol's murder data.

Abstract

Reviews of survey studies in different nations suggested that Interpol's murder data were valid because most unreported crimes were minor; rates of unreported crimes were similar in developing and developed countries; methodological and definitional variations could be considered random measurement errors. The LISREL model assessing reliability estimates found that Interpol data were reliable and stable measures across nations and time. Tables, references