The police chief in Anytown, USA, is conducting weekly seminars where the residents of his city can come and learn about crime rates, crime trends, and crime patterns in their city. Every week the seminars seem to become more popular. At the most recent seminar, 200 people attended. They had to move the seminar into the city auditorium. At this week's seminar, one of the participants asked the chief of police to comment on crime rates. The police chief explains that there are problems with the UCR crime data. The police chief recommends to the audience that they should look at other sources to evaluate statistics on crime. He suggests that the participants review the _______________, which is a comprehensive, nationwide survey of victimization in the United States conducted annually by

the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

A. MTF
B. NCVS
C. NIBRS
D. UCR


Answer: B

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