Despite Improvements Over Time, Each Criminal Justice Statistics Program Has

question 31

Essay

Despite improvements over time, each criminal justice statistics program has problems, including definitions of racial categories, variations in reporting and recording, and the utilization of estimates for population, crimes, arrests, and victimizations. Provide an argument of either support or opposition for the use of contemporary crime statistics program, providing reference to specific programs utilized in contemporary criminal justice.

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