Aim: How much crime is there in the United States?

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Aim How much crime is there in the United States?
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• Dark Figure of Crime A metaphor for crime that
  is NEVER reported to the police.
• Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) An annually
  published statistical summary of crimes reported
  to the police, based on voluntary reports to the
  FBI by local, state, and federal law enforcement
  agencies.
• National Incident-Based Reporting System
  (NIBRS) A reporting system in which the police
  describe each offense in a crime incident,
  together with data describing the offender,
  victim, and property.

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• The Uniform Crime Reports only gives statistics
  for crimes that are actually reported to the
  police.
• Surveys find that many criminal acts are not
  reported to the police including
• 57 of rapes
• 50 of victims of robbery
• 54 of simple assault cases

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• The UCR reports on 8 index offenses which they
  deem most important
• Homicide
• Rape
• Robbery
• Assault
• Burglary
• Larceny/theft
• Auto theft
• Arson.

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• Let's look at the Federal Bureau of
  Investigation's (FBI)
  
• Uniform Crime Report

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Websites

• The FBI website for the Uniform Crime Reports
  (UFC) http//www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htmcius
• The US Department of Justice Homepage where you
  can find information on the National Incident
  Based Reporting System (NIBRS) which goes into
  much greater detail than the UFC
• http//www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html