Author Question: Which of the following trends is supported by both UCR and NCVS data? a. Crime rates have been ... (Read 95 times)

daltonest1984 · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

Which of the following trends is supported by both UCR and NCVS data?

a. Crime rates have been declining since the early 1990s.
b. Crime has skyrocketed since the 1990s.
c. Crime rates dropped sharply in the 1960s and 1970s.
d. Crime has stayed constant for almost 3 decades.

Question 2

Which of the following is not a common critique of self-reports?

a. They tend to focus on minor and trivial offenses.
b. Self-report respondents often fib.
c. They rely too heavily on only reported arrests.
d. They tend to ignore white-collar crime.