The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

question 23

Multiple Choice

The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

• A) Collects more detailed data about individual criminal events than the UCR.
• B) Includes information about the victim, offender, and incident.
• C) Is available to researchers and government agencies so they can research issues related to crime and victimization.
• D) All of the above.

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Definitions:

Tonga Island Arc

The Tonga Island Arc is a chain of islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean formed from the tectonic subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate, characterized by volcanic activity and earthquakes.

S-waves

Secondary or shear waves that travel through the body of the Earth during an earthquake, moving material perpendicular to the wave's direction of travel and cannot pass through liquids.

P-waves

Primary waves that are the fastest type of seismic waves, capable of moving through both solid and liquid layers of the Earth.

Surface Waves

Seismic waves that travel on Earth’s surface.