Ucr Measuring Crime
taking the survey has been victimized and whether or not they reported the crime.
Measuring Crime The standard procedure for measuring crime is the Uniform Crime Report (UCR). UCR collects its data through police reports. As seen on page thirty-three of our text books, this data is permitted to compare over time through eight different index crimes (murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson). Page thirty-two states that throughout the first year of operation, the UCR system had received reports from four hundred cities in forty-three states. In today’s use of the UCR method, many other law enforcement agencies provide information to better the accuracy of crime statistics. Although the UCR collects all of this data, there are still crimes that go without count because they were never reported. This being said, the UCR creates convenience for statistical-reporting only. Today’s UCR/NIBRS …show more content…
program categories (Pg.
thirty-four) tend to parallel statutory definitions of criminal behavior. In my opinion, this may not be the most efficient system for measuring crime because some agencies may
not be able to submit data because of personnel shortages, computer problems and things like that. The program limits the reporting of offenses known to the eight selected crime classifications because they are the crimes to be reported and most likely to occur with sufficient frequency to provide an adequate basis for comparison.
UCR is the traditional summary reporting system but branches off into the NIBRS. The NIBRS, National Incident-Based Reporting System, still goes toward the UCR data but produces more detailed information about crime incidents to law enforcement, researchers, governmental planners, students of crime, and the general public.
Measuring Crime The standard procedure for measuring crime is the Uniform Crime Report (UCR). UCR collects its data through police reports. As seen on page thirty-three of our text books, this data is permitted to compare over time through eight different index crimes (murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson). Page thirty-two states that throughout the first year of operation, the UCR system had received reports from four hundred cities in forty-three states. In today’s use of the UCR method, many other law enforcement agencies provide information to better the accuracy of crime statistics. Although the UCR collects all of this data, there are still crimes that go without count because they were never reported. This being said, the UCR creates convenience for statistical-reporting only. Today’s UCR/NIBRS …show more content…
program categories (Pg.
thirty-four) tend to parallel statutory definitions of criminal behavior. In my opinion, this may not be the most efficient system for measuring crime because some agencies may
not be able to submit data because of personnel shortages, computer problems and things like that. The program limits the reporting of offenses known to the eight selected crime classifications because they are the crimes to be reported and most likely to occur with sufficient frequency to provide an adequate basis for comparison.
UCR is the traditional summary reporting system but branches off into the NIBRS. The NIBRS, National Incident-Based Reporting System, still goes toward the UCR data but produces more detailed information about crime incidents to law enforcement, researchers, governmental planners, students of crime, and the general public.