Social statistics

  TEXTBOOK---CHAVA FRANKFORT--NACHMIAS, ANNA LEON--GUERRERO--SOCIAL STATISTICS FOR A DIVERSE SOCIETY (8TH ED) Discuss the characteristics of a rate in light of the definition presented in Chapter Two. Describe a specific research problem in criminology or criminal justice that is particularly appropriate for the use of rates other than those given in the text (p 36) or lecture. Can you suggest a research problem where reporting rates may be inappropriate or misleading?