As a Researcher, You Are Interested in a Measure of Crime

question 92

Multiple Choice

As a researcher, you are interested in a measure of crime that reflects the relative seriousness of different offences and addresses limitations of traditional police-reported crime rate (PRCR) and victimization data from the General Social Survey. Which of the following would provide you with the data you are looking for?

• A)the Self Reports Crime Index
• B)the Crime Severity Index
• C)the General Social Survey
• D)the Uniform Crime Reports

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Definitions:

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