01:202:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Unlawful Killing, Forensic Science, National Crime Victimization Survey
24 Jan 2017
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Unified crime reporting (ucr) program: statistical reporting program run by fbi and publishes crime in the united states annually. Murder, forcible rape, assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson (last added in 1979) National crime victimization survey (ncvs): annual survey of selected american households. Type and value of property damaged or stolen. Personal characteristics of the offender and victim. Fbi started accepting crime data in nibrs format in january 1989, but format is still not fully adopted. Tries to improve the quality, quantity, and timeliness of law enforcement agencies. 1) early 1940s: decrease in crime rate. Due to large amount of men enrolled in military after ww2. 2) 1960-early 1990s: increase in crime rate. Post war baby boomers reaching crime-prone age. Growing professionalism of some police departments and better accuracy of data collection increase in drug related activity. Modified reporting requirements made it less stressful for ppl to file police reports. Third way report titled the impending crime wave.
