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M15 Assignment 1

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Ava Halliday
SOC M15
Assignment #1

1. The Uniform Crime Rate, or UCR, is put out yearly by the FBI with information gathered from agencies throughout the nation. The reports utilized in the compilation of the UCR generally deal with felony and violent crimes, including crimes such as murder, rape, and arson. Furthermore, according to the U.S. Department of Justice website detailing info about the UCR, “Law enforcement agencies report arrest data for 21… crime categories”. After undergoing an examination process to highlight and explain any errors or discrepancies, the report is put out in the year following the data gathering and it is always followed by an additional report: Crime in the United States. This follow-up report deals not only with the statistics of the crimes reported, but also “includes data on crimes cleared, persons arrested…, law enforcement personnel, and the characteristics of homicides” (U.S. Department of Justice). The UCR deals only with crimes reported to law enforcement and does not take into account any other crimes.

The NCVS, National Crime Victimization Survey, is put out by the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ and includes data gathered by the U.S. Census Bureau. Twice a year, the U.S. Census Bureau interviews a random sampling of household members within the nation, all over the age of 12, to gather information on crimes that have and have not been reported. Crimes included in this report are similar to those in the UCR, however the NCVS does not

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