SOC 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: National Crime Victimization Survey, National Incident Based Reporting System, Uniform Crime Reports
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Police & sheriff departments across us report stats to fbi: numbers of arrest made, reported crimes. Offenses known are recorded whether or not an arrest is made or results in a conviction: no federal crimes reported, participation is voluntary. Divide the number of reported crimes in a state by its population: multiply the quotient by 100,000. The ucr represents 98. 1% of populations: excludes approx 95 million people. Useful for reported trends (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Ucr allows for the creation of the crime clock. Only an estimate because so many crimes go un(der) reported. When a person is arrested, charged and turned over for prosecution. Police have identified a suspect by evidence to support an arrest but the person was not taken into custody: ex: death in a location police cannot gain custody; no extradition. *** if arrested for a part 1 offense, the ucr records this as cleared by arrest (cid:1) (cid:1)
