Criminal Justice Statistics

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I am a Specialized Studies major, and I am studying Criminal Justice and Psychology. Statistics is important to Criminal Justice and Psychology in a number of ways. It is important in the field of Criminal Justice because, crime statistics is used in Criminal Justice jobs every day. Statistics are used in victim study, with things such as victimization statistical surveys, which rely on individual memory and honesty. There are also law enforcement reports, also known as police reports. The United States has two major data collection programs, the Uniform Crime Reports from the FBI and the National Crime Victimization Survey from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The National Crime Victimization Survey is the nation’s primary source of information on criminal victimization. …show more content…

Criminal statistics are based on notifiable recorded offences, and can be drawn from aggregate data recorded by official agencies such as the police and courts, but also from criminological research studies. The Uniform Crime Reports from the FBI are important in the field of Criminal Justice because, The Uniform Crime Report includes statistics on seven crimes classified as either violent crime or property crime: murder, rape, assault and robbery fall under the violent crimes category, while arson, burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft fall under property crimes. According to the FBI the UCR serves many purposes and has many benefits for those who access it. These crime reports benefit law enforcement in all aspects of operation from actual policing to budget formulation and to help local community development efforts. The Uniform Crime Reports are used to study crime trends and to find ways to improve the criminal justice system. That concludes on how statistics contributes to the every day life in the field of Criminal

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