predicting crime with the unifrom crime reporting system
PREDICTING CRIME WITH
THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING
SYSTEM
Predicting Crime With the Uniform Crime Reporting System
Mitchell Adair
Introduction to Criminal Justice: CJA 105-AUO A01 Argosy University
1 The Uniform Crime Reporting System is a statistical effort that is said to be cooperative of more than ten thousand state, city, and county law enforcement agencies on a basis that is considered to be voluntary when it comes to the reporting crime data that is brought to their attention. These agencies of the law enforcement profession covers more than eighty percent of the population of this nation.(DOJ/FBI, 2004) This said information that is produced by contributors of the Uniform Crime Reporting System is forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation directly through programs of UCR that is either state or local level of more than forty states and also D.C. State and local law enforcement agencies that directly submit to the FBI are given guidance on a continuous basis not to mention support individually. (DOJ/FBI, 2004) UCR programs that are on the level of state are links that have proven to be effective between contributors that are considered to be local and the Federal Bureau of Investigation as well. A vast amount of these UCR programs have requirements of reporting that are said to be commanded by authority and gather data that goes well to the further side of the scope that when it comes to crime problems that need to be addressed, problems that are relevant to their jurisdictions.(Spencer, 2012) In a various amount of situations, these law enforcement agencies are more than able to give more service that is frequent as
THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING
SYSTEM
Predicting Crime With the Uniform Crime Reporting System
Mitchell Adair
Introduction to Criminal Justice: CJA 105-AUO A01 Argosy University
1 The Uniform Crime Reporting System is a statistical effort that is said to be cooperative of more than ten thousand state, city, and county law enforcement agencies on a basis that is considered to be voluntary when it comes to the reporting crime data that is brought to their attention. These agencies of the law enforcement profession covers more than eighty percent of the population of this nation.(DOJ/FBI, 2004) This said information that is produced by contributors of the Uniform Crime Reporting System is forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation directly through programs of UCR that is either state or local level of more than forty states and also D.C. State and local law enforcement agencies that directly submit to the FBI are given guidance on a continuous basis not to mention support individually. (DOJ/FBI, 2004) UCR programs that are on the level of state are links that have proven to be effective between contributors that are considered to be local and the Federal Bureau of Investigation as well. A vast amount of these UCR programs have requirements of reporting that are said to be commanded by authority and gather data that goes well to the further side of the scope that when it comes to crime problems that need to be addressed, problems that are relevant to their jurisdictions.(Spencer, 2012) In a various amount of situations, these law enforcement agencies are more than able to give more service that is frequent as
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