CCJ 101 Lecture Notes - National Incident Based Reporting System, National Crime Victimization Survey, Uniform Crime Reports
Document Summary
Ccj chapter 2: the nature and extent of crime. Reveals the extent and nature of crime. Used to evaluate the benefits of policy. Helps identify groups that are suffering disproportionate amounts of victimization. Federal bureau of investigation (fbi) estimates crime by the uniform crime. Reports (uhr), supplemental homicide report (shr), and national incident- Bureau of justice statistics (bjs) focuses on victimization with the national crime. Uniform crime reports (ucr): a program of the fbi that complies national crime data. Supplementary homicide reports (shr): supplements ucr"s data with extra details about homicides. National incident-based reporting system (nibrs): complex national data collection system that gathers incident-based crime info from law enforcement. Asking citizens if they have been victimized. National crime victimization survey (ncvs): nationally representative survey of victims. Fbi measurement of crime: uniform crime reporting. Summary reporting system (srs): original aggregated crime data collected by. Part i & part ii crimes: ucr srs"s designation of crime types.