TERM 1
Official data
DEFINITION 1
FBI data These data are reported by local police departments
to the FBI. Often referred to as the Uniform Crime Reports or
UCR. Also sometimes referred to as OFFICAL CRIME DATA
TERM 2
two primary kinds of official data
DEFINITION 2
Crimes Known to Police 2. Arrest Data l What is an Arrest?
legally detaining a person to answer criminal charges Arrests
may be made with or without an arrest warrant. An arrest
must be made on the basis of probable cause
TERM 3
Types of surveys
DEFINITION 3
Victimization Data (collected from victims) Self Report Data
(are from criminals)
TERM 4
victimization data
DEFINITION 4
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) data have been
collected since 1973. Currently 49,000 households (with
100,000 persons) are sampled twice per year Surveys are
administered by the U.S. Census Bureau on behalf of the
Bureau of Justice Statistics (in the U.S. Department of Justice)
TERM 5
self report data
DEFINITION 5
These data are collected by researchers who survey people
who may have violated the criminal law. Respondents are
asked whether they have committed various offenses. These
data are not collected using a uniform research protocol.
