Crime Numbers Game

<p>In the mid-1990s the NYPD created a performance management strategy known as Compstat. It consisted of computerized data crime analysis and advanced crime mapping coupled with accountability. While initially credited with a dramatic reduction in crime questions quickly arose as to the reliability of the data. This volume brings together the work of two criminologists-one a former NYPD captain-who present the first in-depth empirical analysis of this management system-exposing the truth about crime statistics manipulation in the NYPD and the repercussions suffered by crime victims and those who blew the whistle on this corrupt practice.</p>