NCJ Number
9926
Date Published
1966
Length
10 pages
Annotation
AN EVALUATION OF THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON THE CRIME SITUATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS THE BACKGROUND FROM WHICH THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS AROSE AND SUGGESTS THAT THE REPORTS ARE AN EXCEPTIONAL DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAVE RECEIVED THE COOPERATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE JUDICIARY. ALTHOUGH THE REPORTS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED THE DIFFICULT GOAL OF NATIONAL COVERAGE IN POLICE STATISTICS, THIS AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT THE COMPILERS ARE FACED WITH CRITICISM FOR OMISSION OF SOME ITEMS WHICH WERE NOT PART OF THEIR ASSIGNMENT.