NCJ Number
122705
Date Published
November 1995
Length
2 pages
Annotation
This paper describes and compares the Nation's two crime measures: Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
Abstract
This two-page Department of Justice statement describes the purposes and advantages of the Uniform Crime Reports of the FBI and the National Crime Victimization Survey of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. After summarizing the collection methods that the two statistical programs use and highlighting the aspects of crime that each measures, the statement concludes with similarities and differences.
Date Published: November 1, 1995
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