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NIBRS 2022 is coming soon; suggestions wanted for crimedatatool.com/nibrs updates
The FBI will release its 2022 crime data later this month or early next month. So, I will also be updating my Crime Data Tool (crimedatatool.com/nibrs…
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Do facts matter in crime research?
Apr 21
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How to massively expand victimization data
Aug 19, 2022
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Mixed bag of talks at ASC this year
Aug 3
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How bad is real estate crime data? Really bad
May 13, 2022
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Feedback Wanted: Have you read "A Criminologist's Guide to R: Crime by the Numbers"?
If you've taken the time to read my book, firstly, I'd like to extend a heartfelt thank you! Your support means the world to me. Understanding crime…
Aug 24
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Mixed bag of talks at ASC this year
On the one hand, no talks about Martians or the Incredible Hulk. On the other hand, there are two (likely fraudulent) talks by Eric Stewart on r…
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Do facts matter in crime research?
A paper published in 2020 in the journal Environmental Research studied the effect of temperature on crime. The authors used FBI National Incident-Based…
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The Covid Kings of Salami
The Covid pandemic brought a flood of papers assessing how Covid affected crime. This is an important topic worthy of the highest quality research we…
Nov 8, 2022
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Why do so many papers think crime data ends in 2016?
First published in October, 2022
Oct 19, 2022
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Eight ways the media will mess up reporting on 2021 crime data
Last year the FBI reported that its estimated national murder rate increased from about 0.0051% of the population being murdered in 2019 to about 0.0065…
Sep 22, 2022
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The case for fast-track replication papers
A recent research note by Benjamin Comer and Jason Ingram, a graduate student and an associate professor at Sam Houston State University, respectively…
Aug 22, 2022
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How to massively expand victimization data
A significant issue with our crime data is that it only includes crimes reported to the police. Most crimes that occur are never reported (especially…
Aug 19, 2022
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Fishing for a date
Is teenage dating related to drug use? This is the exact kind of question you’ll see studied in pretty much every criminology journal. But it’s a more…
Aug 13, 2022
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