Which of the following statements highlights the most important difference between the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and the uniform crime reports (UCR)?
A. Unlike the UCR, the NIBRS focuses extensively on victims and the annual costs of victimization.
B. Compared with the UCR, the NIBRS makes it possible to examine crimes in much more detail because it contains more data on each crime.
C. Unlike the UCR, the NIBRS asks criminals to report their crime records in extensive detail.
D. Compared with the UCR, the NIBRS helps streamline the study of crime statistics because it contains less data on each crime.
Answer: B
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