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    Uniform Crime Report

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    Justice October 12‚ 2012 Uniform Crime Report A Uniform Crime Report is a data series published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that has been collected since 1930 and has been widely used by criminal justice researchers to collect data on crime. (Maxfield & Babbie‚ 2012) Law enforcement agencies provide the crime data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ and then the reports are compiled and created. The Uniform Crime Report does not count all crimes that are reported to the police

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    Uniform Crime Reports One Uniform Crime Reports Nicole Gent CJA/314 August 8‚ 2011 Ron Alter Uniform Crime Reports Two The Federal Bureau of Investigation has collected and organized crime related information from each state compiling the data to theorize

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    1 The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) was designed‚ developed and implemented by law enforcement for use as a tool for operational and administrative purposes (Uniform‚ 2004). The program was developed in 1929 under the auspices of the International Association of Chiefs of Police‚ and was later endorsed by the National Sheriff’s Association‚ which acts in an advisory capacity today. It was the first comprehensive system of crime information developed on a national scale. Because statutes varied so

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    According to the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) (1960 - 1995)‚ which is the official arrest statistics‚ both males and females are tend to be arrested because of less serious offenses. The five most common arrest categories are other except traffic‚ driving under the influence (DUI)‚ larceny-theft‚ drug abuse‚ and other assaults. While arrests for serious crimes like murder‚ arson‚ and embezzlement are rare for both males and females. The pattern of change is similar for both sexes as well. These 35

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    Murfreesboro Crime Report

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    Murfreesboro crime statistics show that we have on average 681 violent crimes happen per year. According to neighborhoodscout.com‚ the chances of becoming a victim of violent crime in Murfreesboro is one out of one hundred and eighty-five citizens. Murfreesboro has a population of 126‚118 which makes it a fairly large city. However‚ on average annually there have been five murders‚ sixty-five accounts of rape‚ and one hundred forty-nine robberies reported in the city of Murfreesboro. (neighborhoodscout

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    Uniform Crime Report

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    The statistics are a reflection of crimes that are reported to the FBI by federal‚ state‚ and local law enforcement agencies. The National Crime Victimization Survey‚ Uniform Crime Report are supported by the United States Department of Justice‚ and the Federal Bureau of Investigations. A major tools that measures crime are crime databases. These databases are the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)‚ Uniform Crime Report (UCR). These programs are used so that we can effectively measure criminal

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    Crime Scene Report

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    Toombsboro County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Report Completed By: CSI LSUE Student June 11‚ 2015 Case #: 47841 Date of Incident: July 16‚ 1953 Time of Incident: Approximately 1545 Location of Incident: County Road 1322-192‚ Toombsboro‚ Georgia Timeline: 1550/Call received at TCSO dispatch from Allyson Adele 1553/Deputy Barber and Deputy Stewart en route 1559/Deputy Barber and Deputy Stewart arrived on scene 1601/Body of an elderly woman was discovered in a nearby ditch 1602/Deputy

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    by the inaccurate media portrayals of crime and the criminal justice system (Levin‚ 2013). To be more specific‚ members of society are frequently fascinated by crime and justice; however‚ the unrealistic portrayals seen on television have led to an inaccurate‚ almost naive‚ view of the legal system (Levin‚ 2013). The way TV crime drama is representing victims‚ offenders and crime is hurting how young people view and understand how the criminal justice system works. By TV crime drama negatively influencing

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    The Uniform Crime Report

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    Uniform Crime Report is a compilation of arrest reports‚ reported from different law enforcement agencies that cover the majority of the population in the United States. The Uniform Crime Report uses a method to categorize crimes that had been reported through varies channels. In the Uniform Crime Report crimes are classified into two categories. The two categories are as followed part one offense which are within the United States considered to be the most violent classifications of crimes such as

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    Crime Scene Report

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    Crime scene report Introduction A suspected white powder was seized from the crime scene and sent to the laboratory for analysis. Presumptive test was firstly used in order to find out if it was a positive drug‚ in order to follow a further analysis. Gas Chromatogram (GC) and mass spectrum was used for further analysis‚ in order to find out what exactly was this drug‚ and find its mixtures and compounds. Results From the chromatogram/spectrum peak report it is shown that there are two retention

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