Chapter 2: The Nature and Extent of Crime Flashcards
UCR
Uniform Crime Reports
This program started by the international association of chiefs of police and then moved under the umbrella of the FBI in 1929, is a compilation of crime data.
SHR
Supplementary Homicide Reports
Supplemental reports to the FBI’s uniform Crime Reporting System that gathers details about homicides in the US, including info about offenders, victims, and incidents.
NIBRS
National Incident-based Reporting System
A large and complex national data collection system designed to gather incident-based crime info from law enforcement.
NCVS
National Crime Victimization Survey
A nationally representative survey of victims of property and personal violence in the US
Part I and Part II Crimes
Designation of crime types under the UCR’s Summary Reporting System. Part I includes common and serious crimes, while Part II crimes are less common and less serious.
SRS
Summary Reporting System
The original aggregated crime data collected under the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program
Group A and Group B Crimes
Two major clusters of crimes gathered by the FBI in NIBRS. Group A includes 22 crimes covering 46 offences including homicide and robbery. Group B includes 11 offences such as loitering and drunkenness
Hierarchy Rule
Used to facilitate counting crime, this rule ranks crimes from least to most serious. In a criminal incident, only the most serious crime committed during the incident is counted.
NCS-X
National Crime Statistics Exchange
A collaborative effort between BJS and the FBI in addition to other organizations that will produce nationally representative incident-based statistics on crimes using both data reported to law enforcement agencies and a sample
Dark Figure of Crime
Crimes that fail to come to the attention of the police because they were unreported, it was unclear a crime occurred, or no one learned that a crime was committed
NCS
National Crime Survey
The predecessor of the National Crime Victimization Survey. the NCS was first implemented in 1972
Series Victimizations
victimization not discrete in nature, but on going
Worldwide Incident Tracking System
An FBI database containing information on completed terrorist attacks since 1996
Global Terrorism Database
A database housed at the University of Maryland that contains a broad range of data on threatened, failed, and completed terrorist attack since 1970.
Crime Multiplier
The saturated media presentation of crime that leads to a public that believes there is more crime than there is. In addition, this disproportionate and repetitive coverage leads to enhance fear of crime among the public.
