Uniform Crime Reports
Angel Toth
2/22/13
Phase 1 IP1
CJUS 1401
CTU
RatliffVerreal
FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Crime Victimization Reports (NCVR) are two of the most recognized and utilized reports for crime statistics and the aid in crime prevention in the United States. The UCR or Uniform Crime Report is performed by the FBI. The UCR is a vital tool because it provides detailed reports on offenses and outlines patterns to help in better understanding trends and threats both nationally and locally. The annual publication contains rates of crimes in cities, states, and counties as well as the nation. It is also compiled of law enforcement arrests, clearance, and employee data. The UCR has data on any crime imaginable from hate crimes to home mortgage fraud and can be researched as far back as 1960. The UCR is useful because it is actual data from law enforcement on arrest and process thus providing the FBI with specific statistics for specific areas. The NCVR or National Crime Victimization Report is performed by using a national sample which is compiled of approximately 40,000 households; each household is surveyed twice a year. This type of data collection allows the BJS or Bureau of Justice Statistics to predict the likely hood of victimization by crimes such as rape, robbery, assault, household or auto theft and sexual assault. The NCVR provides an estimated likely hood of crimes for the population as a whole as well as for separate groups within the population such as elderly, women, certain ethnic groups, city dwellers and also rural residents. The data collected from the NCVR goes back as far as 1973. One of the main differences in the data provided from these two types of reports would be the way they are collected. The Uniform Crime Report is compiled by collection factual data from different law enforcement organizations while the National Criminalization Report is compiled of data collected from surveying a percentage of the
2/22/13
Phase 1 IP1
CJUS 1401
CTU
RatliffVerreal
FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Crime Victimization Reports (NCVR) are two of the most recognized and utilized reports for crime statistics and the aid in crime prevention in the United States. The UCR or Uniform Crime Report is performed by the FBI. The UCR is a vital tool because it provides detailed reports on offenses and outlines patterns to help in better understanding trends and threats both nationally and locally. The annual publication contains rates of crimes in cities, states, and counties as well as the nation. It is also compiled of law enforcement arrests, clearance, and employee data. The UCR has data on any crime imaginable from hate crimes to home mortgage fraud and can be researched as far back as 1960. The UCR is useful because it is actual data from law enforcement on arrest and process thus providing the FBI with specific statistics for specific areas. The NCVR or National Crime Victimization Report is performed by using a national sample which is compiled of approximately 40,000 households; each household is surveyed twice a year. This type of data collection allows the BJS or Bureau of Justice Statistics to predict the likely hood of victimization by crimes such as rape, robbery, assault, household or auto theft and sexual assault. The NCVR provides an estimated likely hood of crimes for the population as a whole as well as for separate groups within the population such as elderly, women, certain ethnic groups, city dwellers and also rural residents. The data collected from the NCVR goes back as far as 1973. One of the main differences in the data provided from these two types of reports would be the way they are collected. The Uniform Crime Report is compiled by collection factual data from different law enforcement organizations while the National Criminalization Report is compiled of data collected from surveying a percentage of the