Compare And Contrast The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Crime

There are both strengths and weakness of the two statistical approaches of crime. The FBI’s UCR complied data from monthly law enforcement reports or individual criminal records transferred to the FBI or to centralized agencies that then sent to the FBI. The crimes were divided into two categories, Part I offenses and Part II offenses. Part I reported data about property and violent crimes such as burglary, forcible rape, and robbery. Part II reported on crimes like simple assault, disorderly conduct, liquor offenses, and vandalism. It was more accurate than other crime statistic reports because the data was collected and reported monthly by law enforcement agencies. However, it also had some weakness. Some crimes may not be reported because

Besides, the crime statistics only included those had been noted or made arrests, but only included those had been sentenced at the judicial level.

Compared with the UCR, the NCVS collected information on crimes experienced by the households. The households was chose by random and was to be interviewed concerning violent crimes with follow-up survey for three years. More interviews were conducted for every six months. The data on criminal type included larceny, robbery, domestic violence, etc. However, it was precise than the UCR because it had a longer time span. Besides, the object of the interview was based on the family unit, instead of the individual. It was not reliable because the head of household was less likely to be honest than the individual.

It was difficult to measure the economic impact of crime to society

Some people believed it would improve the allocation of resources in corrections. If the prisons were privatized, then the private sectors were no longer needed to contrast with the government. It greatly improved the effectiveness. Besides, better facilities were available to guarantee the security of the criminals. They could also have better living conditions. For government, privatization of prisons could help them save both money and time. If the prison was owned by the government, then they needed to spend a large amount resources and money. Prison administration was very time consuming as well. However, if the prison was managed by the private companies, they could adjust expenses according to the requirements of the development of the company. The cost would reduced in consideration of their own benefits. In addition, privatization of prisons would bring more job opportunities. A series of positions would be created if the prison was managed by the individuals. On the contrary, some people held that it would go against the allocation of resources in corrections. They believed that the private companies would spare no effort to pursuit their own pursuit, regardless of considering the situation of the criminals. This would increase the cost of government. For example, they would tend to accept the low-risk criminals and avoid dealing with the threatening criminals in order to lower the