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True Crime Stories? Accounting for Differences in our National Crime IndicatorsMichael R. Rand, Callie Marie Rennison, Ph.D., Bureau of Justice Statistics
March 1, 2002
This article describes the distinct approaches to measuring crime used by the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and provides a strong justification for maintaining these two approaches to address very distinct policy needs.
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