Discuss the Relative Strengths and Weaknesses of the UCR and NCVS

question 13

Essay

Discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of the UCR and NCVS in assessing the number of rapes that occur in the U.S.in a given year.Which do you feel is a stronger tool for this purpose? Support your answer.

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Definitions:

Birth Defects

Physical or biochemical abnormalities present from birth, which can result from genetic or environmental factors.

Socio-emotional Domain

An area of development that involves the growth of an individual's capacity to experience, regulate, and express emotions in a social context.

Cultural

Pertaining to the ideas, customs, social behaviors, products, or artifacts of a particular society, group, place, or time.

Cognitive

Pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.