How Does the FBI's Uniform Crime Report Measure Crime

question 36

Multiple Choice

How does the FBI's Uniform Crime Report measure crime?

• A) A random sample of citizens are asked what crimes they have been the victims of in the past twelve months.
• B) A random sample of police officers are asked what crime levels they have observed.
• C) Every crime reported by over seventeen thousand law enforcement agencies in the United States is tabulated.
• D) The convictions of every district attorney in the United States are tabulated.
• E) Insurance claims are examined to see what damage was caused by crime.

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