Summarize how the UCR data significantly underrepresents the actual number of criminal events in the United States each year.
What will be an ideal response?
In a nationwide victim survey, only 49% of victims of violent crime and 37% of victims of property crime indicated that they reported their victimization to the police. Victims are more likely to report violent crimes if injuries are serious, and they are more likely to report property crimes when losses are high. Females (54.6%) are more likely than males (47%) to report violent victimization; males and females are about equally as likely (39%) to report property victimization.
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What case caused state legislatures and the federal government to pass statutes addressing computer theft and crime?
a. People v. Braverman b. Lund v. Commonwealth c. Commonwealth v. Edison d. Miller v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Community policing has a positive impact on citizens' attitudes toward the police.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Interactional theory postulates that the onset of delinquent behavior can be traced to a deterioration of the social bond during adolescence
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Stage 1 of the body decomposition state is considered the ________ stage
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).