Actual crime levels run roughly three times reported UCR figures

Evidence

Survey data suggest that the level of crime is three times as high as that reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), which are based on crime statis- tics submitted by police departments nationwide. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1666

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the UCR as police-department-submitted national crime statistics and quantifies its undercount.
• XREF: connects to: Identical crime statistics can be framed to seem large or small; Victimless crimes and trivial thefts go unreported, skewing crime data — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1669; Crime statistics are constructed through discursive practices, not neutral counting (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Identical crime statistics can be framed to seem large or small #complicates (1.00)
• Victimless crimes and trivial thefts go unreported, skewing crime data #corroborates (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1669
• Most crimes go unreported and most offenders escape punishment #corroborates (0.90) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1376
• Crime statistics are constructed through discursive practices, not neutral counting #complicates (0.80)
• Framing crime statistics shifts real resource-allocation decisions #complicates (0.80)