This is the most common reason cited by media for the decline in crime rates in the 1990s

These are the two broad ways to measure crime OTHER than using official statistics

This is one main reason that NCVS crime data is more comprehensive than UCR crime data

This is the process by which a group of individuals in a community are presented with evidence by a prosecutor and must determine if there is sufficient evidence to indict a person of a crime - sort of like a 'pre-trial'

This is the minimum age requirement to be hired by Chicago Police Department

This is the one crime that is the most difficult to measure the number of occurrences by any crime data base

This is the estimated response rate of the UCR by law enforcement agencies

African Americans are considered to be ______________________ reflected in crime statistics, relative to their overall representation in the U.S. population

This WAS the standard that was in place prior to Tennessee v. Garner (1985) that was the basis for declaring an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of a citizen a 'justifiable homicide.'

These are the circumstances that must be present in order for an officer-involved shooting that results in the death of a citizen to be considered a 'justifiable homicide.'

These are the eight major crimes that are tracked by the UCR

With regard to gender, _____________ are more represented in crime statistics than _____________

This is one reason that for a given crime in a specific city or state there may be no data submitted in official statistics for a period of time

This is the educational requirement in the Chicago Police Department

The American institution of policing and law enforcement was modeled after this

This is the term used in regard to the UCR that dictates in a criminal incident, only the most serious crime is reported in UCR data

The primary focus of self-report studies is on these groups of people

This limitation affects victimization survey data and is partially addressed by the survey only gathering information on criminal incidents that have occurred within the past six months to a year

These are the four types of law enforcement agencies

This is what the early studies of the use of police body cameras has indicated

This is the term used to refer to the amount of crime that is not reflected in official statistics

This is considered to be the greatest limitation of self-report studies

The victimization survey data encompasses a ______________ ________________ of households which allows us to generalize these results and make an estimate about the entire population

The majority of early policing in the United States was focused on this

This was the earliest in the three broad historical eras of American policing