Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Crimes Scenario

    “Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Crimes Scenario” Please respond to the following:

    •The scenario depicted your first week as an intern in the law enforcement profession. In your first week, you were exposed to a cursory view of statistics in your new department. In addition, you had the opportunity to take a statement from a victim of a crime. Within this scenario, you were presented with a number of issues with which you might be concerned regarding the statistical information and the crime in general. Use the information from the scenario to answer the following questions:
    ◦From the general statement taken from the victim of a crime and from the reading, identify and explain what crimes were committed in this offense. Identify and explain the Uniform Crime Report and the hierarchy rule. Determine what an index crime is, which one is an index offense and how they are reported to the Uniform Crime Report, based on the hierarchy rule.
    ◦Based upon the statistics of the community that you observed in your conference with the Sergeant, state whether or not the reporting of this crime is consistent with the statistical trends for the jurisdiction and explain and justify your answer.

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