Chapter 2 Homework Questions
(write one-half page to one page double-spaced on each question)
1. What is the UCR? Describe what data the UCR gathers. What are its strengths and weaknesses?
2. How is the NCVS different from Self Reports? What are the strengths and weaknesses of these?
3. What are Index Crimes? What is their significance? Relate to juvenile delinquency.
4. Summarize the key features AND the key findings of the Wolfgang cohort study.
5. Compare and contrast the demographics of juvenile delinquency and juvenile vicitimization.
