Evaluating the Availability of Uniform Crime Reporting Data, and Using Data Management to Make It More Powerful and Accessible

Mismatched Liberation Theory: A Comparative Method to Explain Increasing Female Crime Share in the United States

Feminist Criminology ◽

10.1177/1557085121993210 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 155708512199321

Author(s):

Ting Wang

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Comparative Method ◽

The United States ◽

Crime Reporting ◽

Female Crime ◽

Modern Times ◽

Property Crimes ◽

Gender Specific ◽

Uniform Crime Reporting ◽

Reporting Data

In this paper, I propose a new theory that ascribes the increasing female crime share to unequal emancipatory advancement between women’s ideological aspirations and institutional means in modern times. Accordingly, it is proposed that an incommensurate pace in progression inflicts gender-specific deprivation on women, which increases their share of crime. The theory is tested with Uniform Crime Reporting data from 1980 to 2017 across offense types. The findings indicate that mismatched liberation increases the female share of violent and property crimes, especially for adult cohorts and among samples after 1988 when women’s ends-means gap was found to be enlarged.

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DELFTMDD: A tool for integration of independent models in a decision support system

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1999.0206 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 39 (4) ◽

pp. 193-201

Author(s):

P. J. A. Gijsbers

Keyword(s):

Mathematical Models ◽

Data Management ◽

Data Exchange ◽

User Interaction ◽

Integrated Analysis ◽

Data Dictionary ◽

Simulation And Optimization ◽

Data Editor ◽

Generic Data Model ◽

Using Data

The need for integrated analysis poses a request for integration of computer models, paying extra attention to interfaces, data management and user interaction. Sector wide standardization using data dictionaries and data exchange formats can be a great help in streamlining data exchange. However, this type of standardization can have some drawbacks for a generic framework for model integration. Another concept, called Model Data Dictionary (MDD), has been developed as an alternative for proper data management. The concept is a variant on the federated database concept, a concept where local databases maintain their autonomy, while an interconnection database provides a link for sharing data. The MDD is based on a highly generic data model for geographic referenced objects, which if needed facilitates mapping of the sector wide data dictionary. External interfaces provide, in combination with a data format mapping component, a link to SQL-based data sources and model specific databases. A generic Object Data Editor (ODE), linked to the MDD, has been proposed for provision of a common data editing facility for mathematical models. A test version of the combined MDD/ODE-concept has shown the applicability for integration of all kinds of geographic object oriented mathematical models (both simulation and optimization).

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