Criminology
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program was set up by the International
Association of Chiefs of Police in 1929 to produce reliable and uniform crime statistics for the country (FBI 2004). The task of collecting, publishing and archiv Continue Reading...
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) is a program that was initiated by the International Association of Chiefs of Police in 1929 in order to provide a reliable and uniform crime statistics for the country. Generally, this program is a cooperative initiativ Continue Reading...
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Figure 7 depicts 2006 Florida violent crime statistics; evolving from aggravated assault, robbery, forcible rape and murder.
Figure 7: 2006 Florida Violent Crime Rates (adapted from UCR crime statistics, 2008).
The 2006 National violent crime Continue Reading...
UCR Uniform Crime Report
Uniform Crime Report
It is the belief of some people that the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system, through the Uniform Crime Reports collected by the FBI, provides a completely accurate indicator of crime in the United Sta Continue Reading...
Crime Statistics
UCR/NIBRS and NCVS
UCR vs. NCVS
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program UCR and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) were established with two different intents and purposes. The FBI's UCR is the older of the two datab Continue Reading...
Crime and criminological data can be gathered, interpreted, and represented in different ways. The use of “big data” in criminology has helped illuminate the efficacy of various prevention or intervention policies and programs, as well as Continue Reading...
history of crime measurement as well as the major strengths and limitations of current measurement techniques. I have also included the discussion regarding the importance of crime measurement in criminology. In the end, I have put emphasis on the n Continue Reading...
UCR vs NIBRS
Data gathering in criminal justice research
Qualitative research strategies for gathering information are the most commonly used in a criminal justice setting. They include focus groups, groups of people, individual case studies, and i Continue Reading...
Crime a Socially Constructed
One's conduct or deeds turn into a crime or an offence via a progression of societal or communal conditioning. The same deed can be regarded as wrong in one community and act of valor in another or in the same community Continue Reading...
"Greater freedom has increased female participation in the public sphere," which would expose greater numbers of women to criminal behaviors and the opportunities to commit crimes (Steffensmeier & Allan1996, p. 469). Combined with social control Continue Reading...
Measuring Crime Victimization:
As the various kinds of crimes are significant reflections of how and why crime victimization takes place, the various sources of research and data on measuring crime victimization are crucial in the development and es Continue Reading...
UCR and NIBRS
Introduction
Two of the primary data sources used in modern criminological research are the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). The UCR, compiled and published by the FBI, has been in ex Continue Reading...
Based on the foregoing considerations, it is suggested that the DCMP restructure their existing training programs and administration so that a more unified and centralized plan is in place, as well as providing for better instructor qualifications, Continue Reading...
Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice Research
Ethical issues in terms of research are sometimes difficult to pinpoint, but all are made in order to ensure defendant's constitutional rights and to protect any other research participants from potential Continue Reading...
Arrest Rates Against Race
Is there a relationship between race and arrest rates?
Is there a relationship between race and arrests Rates?
For over a century, the disproportionate arrests and conviction rates continues to raise controversial debates Continue Reading...