Victimology ch 3

Uniform Crime Report (UCR)

Large database, compiled by the FBI, of crimes reported and arrests made each year throughout the United States.

National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

a reporting system in which the police describe each offense in a crime incident, together with data describing the offender, victim, and property

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

An annual survey of selected American households conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to determine the extent of criminal victimization-especially unreported victimization-in the United States

National Assessment Program

seeks to determine the needs and problems of state and local criminal justice agencies.

dark figure of crime

Crime that is not reported to the police and that remains unknown to officials.

The UCR only reports ...

The most serious crime

UCR only measures rape against women while NCVS measures rape against both sexes

True

UCR measures reported crime while NCVS measures both reported and unreported crime

True

UCR uses what rule?

The Hierarchy rule

The goal of NIBRS is to.....

enhance UCR