Crime Severity Index
What is the purpose of CSI
Understand the of the crime are in the community
What does GSS stand for?
General Social Survey
what makes a UCR credible?
Validated by police
Validated by parliament
Validated by detectives
Name (at least) 2 disadvantages of CSI
Change in the population
Unreported crimes
Changes in Legislation and Sentencing
Ethnic enclave
How is GSS different from the others?
It is a self-reported survey
How can the UCR be beneficial for the community and police?
Prevent crimes and allocating resources to areas in need
How is CSI calculated?
Reported crimes x Crimes weight = CSI
Disadvantages of using GSS
Self reporting : Can be untruthful
Bias: Chosen group or participants who are biased
How does the UCR differ from the CSI?
UCR is more straightforward and doesn't look at the severity of the crimes committed. The UCR goes more into depth about different crimes