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What are the most common reasons that people do not report violent crimes?

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Official crime reports are measurements of crime conducted only by state and local agencies.

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What are the most common reasons that people report property crimes?

The most well-known official crime report is the NCVS.

The UCRs rely on ___ ____agencies to voluntarily report crimes.

The goal of the NIBRS program is

The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that the most common reason victims give for reporting crimes to the police is to prevent further crimes from being committed against them by the same offender.

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

What are the problems with the UCR?

The _____ is a nationwide sample of interviews of citizens regarding victimization.

Why should NIBRS be more useful to the police?

All the following crimes are considered to be index offenses:murder and manslaughter,forcible rape,robbery,burglary,kidnapping,and motor vehicle theft.

The NCVS survey relies on self-reporting in an attempt to determine a more accurate accounting of the nature and extent of crimes in our society.

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

The measurement of crime can never be completely accurate.

An incident-based reporting system in which agencies collect data on each single crime occurrence is _____.

Arson is not considered as an index offense under the UCR system.

Explain how NIBRS works.

A program that is a nationwide statistical computation involving more than 1,600 cities,counties,and state law enforcement agencies that voluntarily provide data on reported crimes.

The NCVS report is prepared annually by the FBI.