Setbacks in the Ucr

Two major setbacks of the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NVCS) are the hierarchy rule and the dark figure of crime. Please explain these 2 terms.

How did the new National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) attempt to eliminate these two setbacks?

Take a look at the NCVS Crime Incident Report and the NCVS Basic Screen Questionnaire. The links are in the Unit's Web Resources.

If you were given any one of these surveys in the mail, what is the likelihood that you would take the time to complete and send back this survey, and why?

The hierarchies rule assign a vale to each crime that is committed and requires the more serious crimes be reported. Arson is an exception to the rule; Seems like Aron is always connected to other crimes that are reported through the UCR. For example if a mad man walks down the street and snatches 8 purses and kills the owner of the 9th purse then only the murder would be reported. The UCR system collects information in summary form which shows one count for each offense reported. No distinction can be made as to the range of seriousness that can be present in most offenses, (Crime Reporting Standards). The dark figure of crime is to illustrate the number of crimes that are never reported and if the crime is not reported then the statistics of crime is not accurate. There are a lot of crimes that happen every day and these crimes are not reported to the police, and in some cases some crimes are reported but the police officer does not do his or her job and record the incident. So in short the dark figure of crime is the difference between crimes reported and crimes that are not reported.

The NIBRS is a reporting system based of incidents known to by law officials. The information that’s collected is specific in nature. This data also collects the personality of the offender and it reports what was stolen and recovered. This program is good because it crosses out the hierarchy rule but...