On Mar 31, 2009, at 9:27 PM, WD wrote:
> It's interesting that murders are essentially the same in 1960 and
> 2002 (5.1 v. 5.6) That makes me wonder if there is some
> methodological jimmying going on here: most murders probably get
> counted, but rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults probably don't.
Yup. I looked into this stuff when I did my atlas back in 1994. The consensus is that reporting standards, both for victims and cops, are very plastic, but the murder numbers are solid.
Doug