A Belgian astronomer and statistician who was among the first to apply statistics to social phenomena, showing that crime rates vary regularly with age, sex, season, poverty and education. With Andre-Michel Guerry he helped establish the cartographic school of criminology, and his idea that recorded crime understates real crime became the concept now called the dark figure of crime.
Facts
Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountFounded the statistical study of crime, demonstrating regularities in crime rates across social factors and laying the quantitative foundation criminology still builds on. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
His statistical work with Andre-Michel Guerry helped establish the positivist school of criminology.
Informed
Quetelet's statistical work established that recorded crime understates real crime.
Sources
Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.