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1
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Uniform crime report (ucr)

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Compilation of crime data

2
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Supplementary homicide report (shr)

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Reports to ucr gathering info on homicides

3
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National incident based reporting system (nibrs)

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A large data system that collects info from law enforcement

4
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National crime victimization survey(ncvs)

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Survey of victims in the u.s

5
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Part 1 and part 2 crimes

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Serious and less serious

6
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Summary reporting system

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Crime data collected from fbi ucr program

7
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Group a and group b crimes

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46 offenses and 11 offenses

8
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Hierarchy rules

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Rules ranks crime from least to most serious

9
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National crime statistics exchange (ncs-x)

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Crime from FBI and bjs from law enforcement

10
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Dark figure of crime

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Unreported crime

11
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National crime survey(ncs)

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The predecessor of the ncvs

12
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Series victimization

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not discrete in nature but ongoing with no defined starting and stopping point

13
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Worldwide incident tracking system

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FBI database with info on completed terrorist attacks since 1996

14
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Global terrorism database

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Database with all types of terrorists attacks since 1970

15
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Crime multiplier

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Media making people think there is more crime than there actually is