Measuring Crime Paper
CRIME MEASUREMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Ever wonder, how does researchers come up with certain statistics for the U.S when it comes to crime? Or, how would one know where criminal activity would be in their community based on facts? Examining crime measurement primarily in the United States can be determined and based on multiple factors. These factors are soon to be discussed which will include instruments that are used to measure crime, major crime reporting programs and their purposes, crime rates, arrest rates, clearance rates, and recidivism rates. This paper also will address the criminal justice interactive video, how crime rates can be deceiving, arrest rates in relation to crime, if there is an ultimate resolution with these specific rates in relation to preventing criminal activity, and certain statistics that tell us about crime as a whole in the United States. All these factors and more will explain how crime is measured in our country.
Crime is the United States is measured in two ways. The first measurement is through the uniform crime victimization survey. Since 1930 the FBI has been collecting information on murder and no negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In addiction law enforcement agencies report to 21 different arrest data categories. In order to keep the people informed the FBI releases two preliminary’s a year. In the spring the bureau releases the annual finding reports and in the fall crime in the United States is released. Although not every household in the United States are selected to take place in the surgery each.
In the 1970 the law enforcement community called for a thorough evaluation of the UCR program and recommended that the system be enhanced to meet the needs of the 21st century. The first division to test out the system was South Carolina law enforcement in order to determine the systems workability. In 1988 the system was
Ever wonder, how does researchers come up with certain statistics for the U.S when it comes to crime? Or, how would one know where criminal activity would be in their community based on facts? Examining crime measurement primarily in the United States can be determined and based on multiple factors. These factors are soon to be discussed which will include instruments that are used to measure crime, major crime reporting programs and their purposes, crime rates, arrest rates, clearance rates, and recidivism rates. This paper also will address the criminal justice interactive video, how crime rates can be deceiving, arrest rates in relation to crime, if there is an ultimate resolution with these specific rates in relation to preventing criminal activity, and certain statistics that tell us about crime as a whole in the United States. All these factors and more will explain how crime is measured in our country.
Crime is the United States is measured in two ways. The first measurement is through the uniform crime victimization survey. Since 1930 the FBI has been collecting information on murder and no negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In addiction law enforcement agencies report to 21 different arrest data categories. In order to keep the people informed the FBI releases two preliminary’s a year. In the spring the bureau releases the annual finding reports and in the fall crime in the United States is released. Although not every household in the United States are selected to take place in the surgery each.
In the 1970 the law enforcement community called for a thorough evaluation of the UCR program and recommended that the system be enhanced to meet the needs of the 21st century. The first division to test out the system was South Carolina law enforcement in order to determine the systems workability. In 1988 the system was
References: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ntcm_2014.pdf http://skogan.org/files/Measurement_Problems_Official_Survey_Crime_Rates.pdf http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=245 http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/nibrs_general.html