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Explain the benefits of spatial analysis for the criminal justice field.

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Unofficial measures of crime,such as the ______,further broaden our understanding of crime with information from official measures of crime.

A) NIBRS
B) UCR
C) NCVS
D) SHR

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Compare and contrast the SHR and NVSS data.

Explain how Monitoring the Future is considered a self-report survey.

Self-report information can be collected through all of the following except:

SHR collects additional information pertaining to the incident including details of the murder victim and offender,their relationship to one another,the weapon used,and the circumstances in each criminal homicide.

What criminal offense is not measured in the NCVS?

The FBI does not collect data on the number of law enforcement officers killed and assaulted in the United States each year.

List at least three crime statistics compiled by law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.

What are some of the reasons your book states for measuring crime?

The ______ collects information to measure substance and alcohol use patterns among youths.

Discuss reasons a victim may not report a crime to the criminal justice system.

Counting crime can be used to evaluate and justify programs and policies that try to address criminal activity (e.g. ,rehabilitation,incapacitation,deterrence). 

The Hate Crimes Act of 1990 was created because:

______ collect data by asking respondents to provide information about themselves,usually as to whether they have engaged in certain forms of illegal behavior.

The NVSS data is a subset of the General Social Survey (GSS).

Provide a scenario of a racially motivated hate crime and justify why it would be classified as a hate crime.

On April 23,1990,the president signed into law the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990.

In the 1960s,the FBI developed the ______ to gain more information on victims and offenders of murder.

The attorney general is required to develop guidelines and collect data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race,religion,sexual orientation: