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Improving Crime Data

Newspaper Articles and Professional Publications

Newspaper Articles

	"City crime rates: comparing apples to apples," Richard Rosenfeld, St. Louis Beacon, February 7, 2010.
	"Baltimore, St. Louis Crime Among Highest in Adjusted Ranking," The Crime Report, January 29, 2010.
	"Taking a Different Look at Crime Statistics," Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun, ,January 28, 2010.
	"Arrests Data: Not Always by the Book," Carl Bialik, The Wall Street Journal, November 18, 2009.
	"How Many American Men Will Be Arrested in Their Lifetimes?" Carl Bialik, The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2009.
	"Study tweaks city's rate on murder," Chris Quay, Louisville Courier-Journal, April 6, 2009.
	"Georgia climbs crime ranking," Mark Woolsey, The Sunday Paper, April 5, 2009.
	"El Paso Homicide Rate Low In Study," Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times, March 20, 2009.
	"Analysts: Detroit Not Deadliest City If Socioeconomic Status Weighed," Amber Hunt, The Detroit Free Press, March 19, 2009.
	COVER STORY: "Atlanta's drug war - Cops say gangs are driving the city's crime surge," John Sugg, Creative Loafing, December 12, 2007.
	"Why city crime rankings offer a misleading picture," *Richard Rosenfeld, USA Today, November 29, 2007.*
	REPORT: "Detroit Leads U.S. In Danger. Atlanta shows up in 22nd place on the list, but the controversial analysis of FBI statistics has been attacked as 'irresponsible," David Goodman, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 19, 2007.
	"The price of big-city life: As crime rises, some Atlantans say more police needed on beat," Eric Stirgus, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 6, 2007.
	"Adjusted homicide rankings put Raleigh farther up list." Marlon Walker, The News & Observer, September 26, 2007.
	"Study find silver lining: Police work may offset effects of high poverty, unemployment," Gregory Korte, The Cincinnati Inquirer, February 12, 2007.
	"Is Cincinnati's Homicide Rate Better Than It Looks?" Gregory Korte, The Cincinnati Inquirer, February 5, 2007.
	"Taking Another Look At Murder Statistics," Carl Bialik, The Wall Street Journal, January 19, 2007.
	"Homicide lull: just 4 slayings this year," Becky Pallack, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, February 24, 2006.
	"We're No. 1!" Martin Kuz, San Francisco Weekly, San Francisco, California, February 16, 2006.
	"Fewer St. Louisans are murdered than naysayers think," Jeremy Kohler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, December 13, 2005.
	"Silly crime rankings versus real numbers." Richard Rosenfeld, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, December 6, 2005.
	Rosenfeld, Richard, Robert Fornango, and Eric Baumer. 2005. “Did Ceasefire, Compstat, and Exile Reduce Homicide.” Criminology and Public Policy 4:419-450.
	"CrimeMATRIX: An Effective Regional Law Enforcement Information Sharing System." Colonel Jerry Lee and Sergeant Mark Daugherty, St. Louis County (MO) Police Department. CALEA Update, No. 89, October, 2005.
	"What Rape? " Jeremy Kohler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, January 16, 2005.
	"Police Departments as Learning Laboratories," Edward R. Maguire, Ideas In American Policing, Police Foundation, Number 6, August, 2004.
	"Atlanta gets a bad rap for crime rate, criminology study shows," Sarah Rubenstein, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta, Georgia, June 18, 2004.
	"FBI eyes locally developed program for nationwide distribution," Jon Gillooly, Marietta Daily Journal, Marietta, Georgia, June 14, 2004.
	"Research Refines Homicide Statistics; L.A. fares better than many cities in a study that takes poverty into account when assessing killings per capita," Jill Leovy, Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California, June 4, 2004.
	"A Businesslike Approach To Solving Crime," Larry Kahaner, Government Enterprise, April 5, 2004.

Professional Publications

Books

Goldberger, Arthur and Richard Rosenfeld, eds. 2008. Understanding Crime Trends. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

Journal articles

	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2009. "Crime is the Problem: Homicide, Acquisitive Crime, and Economic Conditions." Journal of Quantitative Criminology 25: 287-306.
	Rosenfeld, Richard and Brian Oliver. 2008. "Evaluating Recent Changes in Homicide and Robbery Rates." Justice Research and Policy 10: 49-65.
	Rosenfeld, Richard and Janet L. Lauritsen. 2008. "The Most Dangerous Crime Rankings." Contexts 7:66-67.
	Rosenfeld, Richard and Robert Fornango. 2007. "The Impact of Economic Conditions on Robbery and Property Crime: The Role of Consumer Sentiment." Criminology 45: 735-769.
	Rosenfeld, Richard, Robert Fornango, and Andres Rengifo. 2007. "The Impact of Order-Maintenance Policing on New York City Robbery and Homicide Rates: 1988-2001." Criminology 45:355-383.
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2006. "Connecting the Dots: Crime Rates and Criminal Justice Evaluation Research." Journal of Experimental Criminology 2:309-319.
	Rosenfeld, Richard, Robert Fornango, and Eric Baumer. 2005. "Did Ceasefire, Compstat, and Exile Reduce Homicide?" Criminology & Public Policy 4:419-450.

Book chapters

	Blumstein, Alfred and Richard Rosenfeld. 2009. "Factors Affecting Recent Crime Trends in the United States." Arthur Goldberger and Richard Rosenfeld, eds. Understanding Crime Trends. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2007. "Explaining the Divergence Between UCR and NCVS Aggravated Assault Trends." Pp. 251-268 in Understanding Crime Statistics: Revisiting the Divergence of the NCVS and the UCR, edited by James P. Lynch and Lynn A. Addington. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Presentations

	Friedmann, Robert R. 2009. "Intermediate Implementation of Improved Crime Data System." Presentation on the ICD Project to the Geospatial Technology Working Group, National Institute of Justice, Annapolis, Maryland (April 16).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2009. "Evaluating Recent Reports of Crime Waves." Presented at the 4th Annual Harry Frank Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America. New York, NY (February 2).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2008. "City Crime Rankings: Purpose, Benefits, Costs, and Controversy." Presented at the meetings of the American Society of Criminology. St. Louis, MO (November 13).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2008. "Understanding Crime Trends." Presented at the meetings of the American Society of Criminology. St. Louis, MO (November 12).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2008. "What We Know and Don't Know About Recent Crime Trends." Presented at Investigative Reporters and Editors 2008 Conference. Miami, FL (June 5).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2008. "The Impact of Collective Economic Perceptions on Property and Violent Crime." Guest lecture to Research Group on Control of Violence, University of Bielefeld. Bielefeld, Germany (May 5).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2008. "What We Know and Don't Know About Recent Crime Trends." Presented at a Congressional Breakfast Seminar, sponsored by the Consortium of Social Science Associations. Washington, DC (April 4).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2008. "The Impact of Collective Economic Perceptions on Property and Violent Crime." Seminar, University of Washington. Seattle, WA (January 18).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2007. "Evaluating Changes in Robbery and Homicide Rates, 2000-2006." Presented at the meetings of the Justice Research and Statistics Association." Pittsburgh, PA (October 12).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2007. "Interpreting City Crime Rankings: Cautionary Notes." Presented at the meeting of the International Downtown Association. New York, NY (September 17).
	Friedmann, Robert R. and Richard Rosenfeld. 2007. "Crime Changes and the ICD Project." Presented to a joint NIJ-BJS staff seminar, Washington, D.C. (February 14).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2006. "Putting Crime in Perspective: Short-run Trends and City Comparisons." Presented at the Harry F. Guggenheim Symposium, Changing the View of Crime in America: The Public's Understanding. New York, NY (November 29).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2006. "Understanding Crime Trends." Presented at the meetings of the American Sociological Association. Montreal, Canada (August 13).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2005. "Explaining Homicide Rates in US Cities: Miami in Perspective." Seminar at Florida International University. Miami, FL (March 7).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2005. "Explaining Homicide in US Cities: El Paso in Perspective." Seminar at University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX (February 10).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2004. "The UCR-NCVS Divergence and Changes in Police Recording of Assaults." Presented at the meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Nashville, TN (November).
	Rosenfeld, Richard. 2004. "Evaluating the Impact of Law Enforcement Interventions on Homicide Rates." Presented at the Advisory Board meeting of the Project on Improving Crime Data. Atlanta, GA (July).