Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The Uniform Crime Reporting Program features official arrest data from state and local law enforcement agencies.
2. The NCVS is one of several ongoing self-report surveys in which interviewed persons are asked about the number and characteristics of victimizations they have experienced during the previous year, regardless of whether they reported these victimizations to the police.
3. A recent study of juvenile offenders examined whether males and females of different races/ethnicities differentially recalled incidents of self-reported offending compared to official records and concluded that, “the SRO [self-reported offending] measure produces a reasonably good indicator of illegal activities.”
4. U.S. murder rates are about three times higher than all other countries.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE

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