Victimization Surveys Are

question 47

Multiple Choice

Victimization surveys are

• A)scientific polls, which are more accurate than the Uniform Crime Reports because they include crimes that are not reported by victims to authorities.
• B)prepared from statistics gathered by the AFT and FBI.
• C)scientific polls that gather data only on reported crimes.
• D)prepared by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and show that the FBI crime index is quite accurate.

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