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Appendix B
Statistics
UCR and Self-Report Data
Complete the matrix below. To complete this matrix, list two pros and two cons of Uniform Crime
Report (UCR) data and two pros and two cons of self-report data.
Statistical
Information
Pros
Cons
Official
Information:
Uniform Crime
Report (UCR)
The great part about UCR is
that we are able to
determine crime rates based
on population and the
crimes that were
committed.
Data significantly under-
represents the actual
number of criminal events
in the United States each
year.
Unofficial
Information:
Self-Report Data
Researchers can correlate a
variety of characteristics of
respondents with their
admitted offenses that go
beyond the demographics of
age, race, and gender.
Self-report studies typically
uncover only fairly trivial
antisocial acts such as
fighting, stealing items
worth less than $5,
smoking, and truancy.

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Axia College Material Appendix B Statistics UCR and Self-Report Data Complete the matrix below. To complete this matrix, list two pros and two cons of Uniform Crime Report (UCR) data and two pros and two cons of self-report data. Statistical Information Pros Cons Official Information: Uniform Crime Report (UCR) The great part about UCR is that we are able to determine crime rates based on population and the crimes that were committed. Data significantly under-represents the actual number of criminal events in the United States each year. Unofficial Information: Self-Report Da ...
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