Which of the following is a similarity between the FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and the U.S. Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)?
A) Both interview people about being crime victims.
B) Both include offenses such as corporate crime, kidnapping, and Internet crimes.
C) Both include data of reported and unreported crime.
D) Both are not affected by police discretion in deciding whether to arrest an offender.
E) Both provide only estimates of U.S. crime and not the actual figures.
Question 2
Which of the following is true of the U.S. Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)?
A) It includes data of only reported crimes.
B) It does not include offenses such as corporate crime, kidnapping, and Internet crimes.
C) It offers a lesser accurate picture of many offenses than other reports.
D) It does not represent the actual crime rate in the U.S. as it is affected by police discretion in deciding whether to arrest an offender.
E) It uses data collected by interviewing crime victims.
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