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1. What are your thoughts on the quote below? Do you agree or disagree that the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) is said to be a virtual bible of crime statistics? Why or why not?
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR): Crime in the United States is massive compilation of all incidents known to local county and state police departments across the country. The FBI’s UCR is a virtual bible of crime statistics based on victims’ complaints and direct observations made by officers. (Karmen 2013).
2. Which of the two government reports Uniform Crime Report & National Crime Victimization Survey published annually do you believe to be more reliable? Why? Give examples of why they differ from one another.