Measuring Crime - created from Mind Map

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NIBRS (National Incident-Based Reporting System)

UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting)

NCVS (National Crime Victimization Survey)

Collected by: FBI (replacing UCR)

Data Source: Law enforcement (detailed incident-level data)

Measures: Expanded crime categories, offender/victim demographics

Advantages: No hierarchy rule, more detailed

Collected by: FBI

Data Source: Law enforcement agencies

Measures: Part I (violent & property crimes) & Part II crimes

Limitations: Hierarchy rule, underreporting

Collected by: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

Data Source: Household surveys

Measures: Reported and unreported crimes

Advantages: Captures "dark figure" of crime