Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice

Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice, Fourth Edition is an introductory statistics text for undergraduate criminology and criminal justice students. Written for students with a basic background in algebra but who have had little or no exposure to the study of statistics, the text provides step-by-step illustrations and amply opportunities to apply and practice those concepts using real data. The overarching goals of the book are to offer students a foundational knowledge of statistics that helps them make logical connections within and across concepts, and to demonstrate to students the importance and utility of statistics in criminal justice. The Fourth Edition reflects societal changes of recent years including the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the #MeToo and racial justice movements that challenged the antiquated beliefs that had justified mistreatment of women and people of color by the criminal-legal system; the growth of artificial intelligence and its ability to disrupt labor markets and further the spread of misinformation, fraud, and predatory cybercrime; mass-casualty events that have become almost routine, and the true-crime genre has firmly embedded itself as a cultural phenomenon.