David Seidman
Biographic Data
| ID | 293728 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Seidman |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Seidman |
| SIGNATURE | SEIDMAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Social Science Research Council |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 116 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Arnold Kanter
It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of our friend and colleague Arnold Kanter on April 10, 2010, at the all-too-young age of 65. He died from acute myelogenous leukemia, diagnosed in 2007
Picturing the Nation
Public Safety: Crime Is Up, But What About Punishment
Reported crime rates have risen, and arrest rates have too, particularly among the young. Men have higher victimization rates than women, and blacks have higher victimization rates for crimes of violence than whites. Social Indicators, 1976 tells us this and a bit more about crime and responses to it, but overall the picture presented is at once insufficiently informative and inappropriately precise. The shortcomings of major data sources are ack…
Social Indicators and Social Reporting
Doubts about the easy equation of economic growth and social progress led, in the 1960s, to a renewed interest in social measurement and to the birth of the "social indicators movement." Social Indicators, 1976, a product of that interest, can be read as both a report on social conditions and trends in the United States and a progress report on social indicators research. The volume is best understood against the background of the social indicato…
Quality of life indicators in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1970: A Reply
On Choosing Between Linear and Log-Linear Models
Hospital Bed Supply and Utilization: Some Artifactual Results
Simulation of Public Opinion: A Caveat
Recent research on the determinants of policy outcomes in American states and on related matters has employed simulated state-level public opinion data. This article critically examines the simulation methodology: its assumptions are evaluated, its computation procedures shown to be unnecessarily complicated and inaccurate, and its estimates demonstrated to be logically confounded with the socio-demographic factors that define them. Thus, they ca…
Getting the Crime Rate Down: Political Pressure and Crime Reporting
F] ear is being swept from the streets of somethough not all- American cities.John Mitchell, September, 1971New York Times, 1971: IV, 16Enterprising police are making news rather than history in the preparation of their annual reports. Dry tabulations are giving way to charts, pictures, and other illustrations that catch the eye and tell the story of the problems and accomplishments of the department.Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1966a: 58Duri…
Communications
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Alternative Modes of Delivering Family Planning Services
Getting the Crime Rate Down: Political Pressure and Crime Reporting
F] ear is being swept from the streets of somethough not all- American cities.John Mitchell, September, 1971New York Times, 1971: IV, 16Enterprising police are making news rather than history in the preparation of their annual reports. Dry tabulations are giving way to charts, pictures, and other illustrations that catch the eye and tell the story of the problems and accomplishments of the department.Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1966a: 58Duri…
Quality of life indicators in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1970: A Reply
Simulation of Public Opinion: A Caveat
Recent research on the determinants of policy outcomes in American states and on related matters has employed simulated state-level public opinion data. This article critically examines the simulation methodology: its assumptions are evaluated, its computation procedures shown to be unnecessarily complicated and inaccurate, and its estimates demonstrated to be logically confounded with the socio-demographic factors that define them. Thus, they ca…
Social Indicators and Social Reporting
Doubts about the easy equation of economic growth and social progress led, in the 1960s, to a renewed interest in social measurement and to the birth of the "social indicators movement." Social Indicators, 1976, a product of that interest, can be read as both a report on social conditions and trends in the United States and a progress report on social indicators research. The volume is best understood against the background of the social indicato…
On Choosing Between Linear and Log-Linear Models
Public Safety: Crime Is Up, But What About Punishment
Reported crime rates have risen, and arrest rates have too, particularly among the young. Men have higher victimization rates than women, and blacks have higher victimization rates for crimes of violence than whites. Social Indicators, 1976 tells us this and a bit more about crime and responses to it, but overall the picture presented is at once insufficiently informative and inappropriately precise. The shortcomings of major data sources are ack…
Communications
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Alternative Modes of Delivering Family Planning Services
Communications
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Getting the Crime Rate Down: Political Pressure and Crime Reporting
F] ear is being swept from the streets of somethough not all- American cities.John Mitchell, September, 1971New York Times, 1971: IV, 16Enterprising police are making news rather than history in the preparation of their annual reports. Dry tabulations are giving way to charts, pictures, and other illustrations that catch the eye and tell the story of the problems and accomplishments of the department.Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1966a: 58Duri…
Simulation of Public Opinion: A Caveat
Recent research on the determinants of policy outcomes in American states and on related matters has employed simulated state-level public opinion data. This article critically examines the simulation methodology: its assumptions are evaluated, its computation procedures shown to be unnecessarily complicated and inaccurate, and its estimates demonstrated to be logically confounded with the socio-demographic factors that define them. Thus, they ca…
On Choosing Between Linear and Log-Linear Models
Hospital Bed Supply and Utilization: Some Artifactual Results
Quality of life indicators in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1970: A Reply
Picturing the Nation
Public Safety: Crime Is Up, But What About Punishment
Reported crime rates have risen, and arrest rates have too, particularly among the young. Men have higher victimization rates than women, and blacks have higher victimization rates for crimes of violence than whites. Social Indicators, 1976 tells us this and a bit more about crime and responses to it, but overall the picture presented is at once insufficiently informative and inappropriately precise. The shortcomings of major data sources are ack…
Social Indicators and Social Reporting
Doubts about the easy equation of economic growth and social progress led, in the 1960s, to a renewed interest in social measurement and to the birth of the "social indicators movement." Social Indicators, 1976, a product of that interest, can be read as both a report on social conditions and trends in the United States and a progress report on social indicators research. The volume is best understood against the background of the social indicato…
Arnold Kanter
It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of our friend and colleague Arnold Kanter on April 10, 2010, at the all-too-young age of 65. He died from acute myelogenous leukemia, diagnosed in 2007
Political science (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works)