What are some of the advantages of the National Crime Victimization Survey? What are some of its limitations?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer:
A. Advantage - Allows for the calculation of victimization rather than crimes reported to the police (p. 19).
B. Disadvantage – has the potential for both severe underreporting and overreporting of crimes (p. 19).

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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