Uniform Crime Reports

Crime is everywhere. Whether it is realized or not, there is no single place on earth without some type of crime. Theft is the most practiced crime in all parts of the world. When compared to the number of theft-related crimes, violent crime is, in reality, an extremely rare event. It simply appears to be more prevalent than it actually is since it is the most sensualized event in the media. Crime has the possibility of affecting all people at some point in their lives, although not necessarily directly. Most people will not be the actual victim of a crime. Largely, crime is personal in nature and can affect people differently. Interestingly, many more people have committed a serious crime than there are reported victims of these crimes. Whether…

1. The first data collection source is the Uniform Crime Reports. UCR was a voluntary program that began in the 1920’s by the international association of chiefs of police. It was turned to the FBI in 1930. UCR’s collect data and statistics about the persons arrested, offense known to the police, crime offenses cleared by the police and law enforcement personnel. Uniform Crime Reports were last collected in 2009. Followed by the UCR, are National Crime Victimization Surveys, formerly called…

What kinds of data about white collar and occupational crime are available in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report? White collar and occupational crime are “criminal offense committed through opportunities created in a legal business or occupation” (Cole, Smith, and Dejong, 2015, p. 2). The two most common forms are theft and fraud. Examples of white collar and occupational crimes include securities fraud, embezzlement, corporate fraud and money laundering (Barnett, n.d., p2). White-collar crimes are…

The Uniform Crime Report (UCR), was developed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), in 1920 as a resource of uniform crime data and to counter media generated crime-waves. The report listed crime data collected from police departments from around the nation, and it listed. After its publication, the report has been criticized as a useless tool to show measurements, and conclude any outcomes from it. There are many issues with the data in the report, such as the way data is…

Crime is a major problem in the United State and many argues over crime statistics in our neighborhoods and country. For many years, citizens have questioned the importance of the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). One particular problem with the UCR is that several victims of crimes do not contact or fellow up with police to make an official report. “The statistics collected in the Uniform Crime Reports entail crimes that have actually been reported to the police. Since submission of such data is…

Error on the ‘‘Statistical Accuracy’’ of Uniform Crime Reports” By James J. Nolan, Stephen M. Haas, Jessica S. Napier. This article talks about a study the authors made for estimating classification error in police records and determining the accuracy of official crime statistics that were reported to the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). Classification errors happen when a criminal offense is misclassified by police before being submitted into the UCR database. This article talks about a study…

latest annual Uniform Crime Report. Several Brevard County beachside communities made the list, including Melbourne Beach (13th), Satellite Beach (20th), and Indian Harbour Beach (27th). The study gives the key facts for the communities, including property crime rates and violent crime rates. The highest-ranking town to live in the state of Florida was judged to be Indian River Shores, which is north of Vero Beach between the Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean. There were no reported…

UCR stands for Uniform Crime Report. The UCR started keeping track of criminal record in the 1920's. They officially launched their program in 1929. They receive their data from the FBI and report it to the state. The UCR divides crime into two parts. The first part is for the serious crimes such as criminal homicide, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, rape, robbery, Aggravated assault. The second part consists of less serious crimes. If you look at the crimes that are listed, you can see…

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the primary objective of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to generate information of crime statistics toward a data collection system in an annual publication. For example, it lists ten most wanted men in America are Eduardo Ravelo, Alexis Flores, Yaser Abdel Said, Walter Yovany Gomez, Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel, Luis Macedo, Jason Derek Brown, Robert William Fisher, William Bradford Bishop JR., and Robert Francis Van Wisse. These…

The Uniform Crime Report (UCR), which is gathered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is a primary source for crime statistics in the United States (Walsh 2015, p. 25). Through the UCR, the citizens and the law enforcement officers can see the crime rates or statistics in a given city. The UCR identifies offenses in two categories, Part I – the index crime and Part 2 – the less serious crime. The index crime is the violent crimes, property crimes, and human trafficking. Violent crimes…