Topic > The Uniform Crime Report: The Measurement Of Crime

The Uniform Crime Report webpage states: “It has been the starting point for law enforcement leaders, criminal justice students, researchers, members of the media and the public great search for information on crime in the nation (UCR).” The Uniform Crime Report is the most used by all these people because it divides all crimes into categories such as: race, gender, ethical group, etc. It will also enter all the data as a whole. The FBI website also reads: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation today released The Measurement of White-Collar Crime Using Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Data, a study in the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) series of publications ). Defined as "... a crime committed by a respectable person of high social status in the course of his profession," white-collar crime extracted from NIBRS data represents 4% of reported crimes (FBI)." This means that white collar crimes such as embezzlement, theft and fraud take up 4% of the Uniform Crime Report. Therefore, the Uniform Crime Report will further improve its data over time. The Uniform Crime Report is not always as accurate as it seems. Police agencies don't always provide the FBI with all the data needed for reporting, and sometimes they don't even address the crime committed. Another reason is that many rape victims don't always come forward because they are too ashamed to do so. One of the articles states: “…The FBI requires the police department to include every rape reported in the city as part of an annual uniform crime report, he said , Mendoza said. The annual report may include rape victims who come forward about the assaults