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This 4 page paper reviews the history, benefits, and shortcomings of the FBIs crime reporting system. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Uniform Crime Reports Research Compiled for The
Paper Store, Inc. by 11/2010 Please Law enforcement agencies
are faced with the complex problem of having not just to apprehend criminals but also to report what they have done in a systematic, efficient, and easily accessible method.
The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is one way they have of doing this. UCR is a two tiered system of classification utilized at the first tier for the more
serious crimes such as homicide, manslaughter, robbery, rape, assault, burglary, larceny, and arson and at the second tier for non-violent crimes like prostitution, drug offenses, vandalism, weapon offenses and even
loitering. It is a tool that in the past has greatly facilitated the statistical analysis of the types of crimes that are occurring around the nation and where they
are occurring. It is important to emphasize, however, that NCR has as many shortcomings as it has benefits. Interestingly, UCR was first
implemented in 1929 (Federal Bureau of Investigation). Today, of course, it has evolved from the antiquated system of recording all information by hand into a digitized system where information
can not only be quickly and efficiently entered but also quickly and efficiently processed and accessed (Federal Bureau of Investigation). An estimated 17,000 law enforcement agencies around the nation
report to UCR (Federal Bureau of Investigation). The FBI utilizes the information contained in those reports to generate numerous statistical reports such as "Crime in the United States, Hate
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