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Crime as a social indicator, analysis
Title: Crime as a social indicator, analysis
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 218 | Pages: 0.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Crime as a social indicator, analysis
Crime as a Social Indicator
Crime is regarded as a major social problem due to its inherent nature as a threat to society as a whole, and to the individuals who live in that society. Crime reduction and prevention has been, and always will remain to be a top priority of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches in the Untied States. This problem of crime can be measured in many different ways causing argument over …showed first 75 words of 218 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 218 total…a need for national statistics on crime, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) formed the Committee on Uniform Crime Records. The creation of this committee in the 1920’s lead to the development of a system in which there were uniform police statistics. The committee evaluated various crimes on the basis of their seriousness, frequency of their occurrence, likelihood of occurrence in vast geographic areas, and the probability of being reported to law enforcement.
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