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Uniform Crime Report (UCR )

UCR System

The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR ) contains official data on crime that is reported to law enforcement agencies across the country that then provide the data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI . UCR focuses on index crimes , which include murder and non-negligent manslaughter , robbery , forcible rape , aggravated assault , burglary larceny /theft , motor vehicle theft , and arson . UCR is a summary-based reporting system , with data aggregated to the city , county , state , and other geographic levels . Crime statistics are compiled from UCR data and published annually by the FBI in the

Crime in the United States series

Reasons behind the passive participation of the victims :-

First of all , the reporting of the victims is not made mandatory but voluntary . Hence , it is not obvious or required for any victim to make it a point to report the crime . Sometimes , the victim is held responsible for the crime by his friends and family . Thus , this guilt or shame may give rise to him not reporting the crime . Critics of the UCR note they do not accurately reflect crime rates in that they can only list crimes reported to law enforcement agencies . Also , should a number of crimes be connected , they only list the most serious one . For instance , if someone were murdered during a car theft , they would only list murder . Lastly , the list is biased in the reporting of rape . The UCR defines forcible rape as "the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will " It does not list rapes against men , nor does it list same-sex rape . The UCR does not include simple assaults in part 1 and minor assaults , verbal assaults and other such crimes , which can account for between 50 and 90 of violent crimes in other countries are not recorded . The UCR Survey collects information only on those crimes that come to the attention of the police . The UCR data therefore , do not contain a count of all crimes : some crimes are never detected and , of those that are , some are never brought to the attention of the police . Thus , these are some of the reasons which lead to a declined victim participation rate

Crime , victims , and the police :-

It is important to note that why the police might not choose to register the crime , even when informed officially . Besides the internal problems like , corruption , reluctance , racial issues , the fault lies somewhere in the UCR system itself . The parameter or reporting a crime officially is quite narrow hence , the Police are actually embedded in the system with little effort of their own to solve the scenario

References :-

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Uniform Crime Reports

http /www .fbi .gov /ucr /ucrquest .htm

Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR , Statistics Canada

http /www .statcan .ca /cgi- bin /imdb /p2SV .pl ?Function getSurvey SDDS 3302 lang en db IMDB dbg f adm 8 dis 2

The Disaster Center

http /disastercenter .com /crime /index .html

George L . Kelling 's article

http /www .city-journal .org /article01 .php...

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