James P. Lynch is co-author (with Albert D. Biderman) of Understanding Crime Incidence Statistics: Why the UCR Diverges from the NCS and (with Rita J. Simon) of Immigration the World Over: Statutes, Policies and Practices. He has published in many journals including Criminology, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and Justice Quarterly.
Lynn A. Addington's recent work has appeared in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology and Homicide Studies and has been supported by grants from the American Education Research Association (National Center for Education Statistics - National Science Foundation), the American Statistical Association, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the National Institute of Justice.
Introduction: 1. Introduction James P. Lynch and Lynn A. Addington; Part I.
Overview of the Two National Measures of U.S. Crime: 2. Introduction to the
National Crime Victimization Survey Michael Rand and Callie Rennison; 3.
Introduction to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program Cynthia Barnett-Ryan;
Part II. Defining Divergence and Convergence: 4. What is convergence, and
what do we know about it? David McDowall and Colin Loftin; Part III.
Sources of Divergence in the NCVS: 5. Methodological change in the NCVS and
the effect on convergence Shannan M. Catalano; 6. Series victimizations and
divergence Mike Planty; 7. Exploring differences in estimates of visits to
emergency rooms for injuries from assaults using the NCVS and NHAMCS
Jacqueline Cohen and James P. Lynch; Part IV. Sources of Divergence in the
UCR: 8. Using NIBRS to study methodological sources of divergence between
the UCR and NCVS Lynn A. Addington; 9. Explaining the divergence between
UCR and NCVS aggravated assault trends Richard Rosenfeld; 10. Missing UCR
data and divergence of the NCVS and UCR trends Michael D. Maltz; Conclusion
James P. Lynch and Lynn A. Addington.
