Case 2-2 Mayor Smith Is the Newly Elected Mayor of Anytown, USA

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Case 2-2
Mayor Smith is the newly elected mayor of Anytown, USA. He is concerned with the increasing crimes rates in his city. He schedules a meeting with Chief Gomez, who has been the chief of the police department since 1990. He plans to discuss crime trends and ways to collect data to be able to measure the overall crime rate in Anytown, USA.
-Mayor Smith asks Chief Gomez if there is an annual report compiled to give an indication about how much criminal activity there is in Anytown, USA. He also wants to compare Anytown's crime rates to other cities of the same population in the United States. Chief Gomez explains that the U.S. Department of Justice releases such a report. What is the name of this report that Chief Gomez is talking about?

• A) NCVS
• B) self-reported surveys of criminals
• C) UCR
• D) NIBRS

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Definitions:

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