By David Hirschel, Ph.D.
The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is the FBI’s widely used system for recording crimes and making policy decisions. It has tracked data on seven crimes since 1930: murder, robbery, rape, aggravated assault, burglary, theft and vehicle theft. In 1979, the UCR started reporting on arson. Today, nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies report UCR data to the FBI. UCR data have several limitations that make them unsuitable for analyzing local crime.
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http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/225459.pdf
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