RT Book
T1 A Critical View of the Uniform Crime Reports
A1 Robison, Sophia M.
LA English
YR 1966
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1866346016
AB No one would deny that the FBI performs a vital function in investigating, identifying, and tracking down suspects who may endanger the life, liberty, and property of Americans. However, this writer feels that the Uniform Crime Reports published by the FBI should be subjected to a very critical analysis. Of primary concern are the indiscriminate acceptance of the official data by legislators and social science investigators and the doubtful inferences which a frightened public draws from news releases proclaiming that the U.S. is sitting on a seething volcano of crime