Self Reporting in the Criminal Justice System Introduction: The Uniform Crime Report has been a great tool in the collection and distribution of crime related statistics over the years since the FBI was given the responsibility on June 11, 1930 by the first federal legislation on behalf of Congress. This report has been created to collect information such as types of crimes. Whether they be Part I Offenses like: criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft or arson; or Part II Offenses like: simple assault, counterweighing, fraud, stolen property, drug abuse violation, DUI or disorderly conduct. Besides the types of crimes the UCR informs about the clearance rates as well; whether or
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These results were answered by free will and completely voluntary. The first question I asked was "Do you normally drive the speed limit?" 65% of the responses said "No." This further breaks down to 67% of the men saying "no" and 64% of women with the same answer. The next question I asked was "Do you normally use a seat belt with driving?" a majority of the answers were "Yes" with a 97% overall consensus. 100% of the female participants admitted to wearing their self belt while driving. Only 17% of the men admitted to not wearing theirs. In my 3rd questions the participants were given the option of 4 possible answers. They were asked "Have you ever used your cell phone for any of the following while driving: phone calls, text messages, both or neither?" 26% said the only used their phone for calls, while 68% said they used it for both calls and text messages and the remaining 6% said they didn't use it at all. When broken down ever further it didn't come to a surprise that the "both phone calls and text message use" option was the most utilized option for men (67%) and women (68%). However the age range did vary with the participants response. A mix of 19 year olds all the way up to 46 years olds were a part of this calculated
These results were answered by free will and completely voluntary. The first question I asked was "Do you normally drive the speed limit?" 65% of the responses said "No." This further breaks down to 67% of the men saying "no" and 64% of women with the same answer. The next question I asked was "Do you normally use a seat belt with driving?" a majority of the answers were "Yes" with a 97% overall consensus. 100% of the female participants admitted to wearing their self belt while driving. Only 17% of the men admitted to not wearing theirs. In my 3rd questions the participants were given the option of 4 possible answers. They were asked "Have you ever used your cell phone for any of the following while driving: phone calls, text messages, both or neither?" 26% said the only used their phone for calls, while 68% said they used it for both calls and text messages and the remaining 6% said they didn't use it at all. When broken down ever further it didn't come to a surprise that the "both phone calls and text message use" option was the most utilized option for men (67%) and women (68%). However the age range did vary with the participants response. A mix of 19 year olds all the way up to 46 years olds were a part of this calculated