Crime and Data Comparison
Crime is something that at some degree can occur anywhere in the world. When a citizen is a victim of a crime their life can a take a take a very ugly turn and lead to the biggest stressors of their life. According to the European Society of Criminology (ESC), criminology is defined as "all scholarly, scientific and professional knowledge concerning the explanation prevention, control and treatment of crime and delinquency, offenders and victims, including the measurement and detection of crime, legislation, and the practice of criminal law, and law enforcement, judicial, and corrections systems" (Schmalleger, 2009, p. 15). Citizens see crime as unwelcome and needless deviance. In the other hand citizens from lower communities tend to be emotionless and see it as a normal part of their everyday lifestyle. Crime can happen anywhere at any time, the Federal Bureau of Investigation implements a wide database known as the Uniform Crime Report, which is compiled monthly from local and state law enforcement agencies reports of the Federal Bureau of Investigation them the information is released to the public nationwide (FBI.gov,2014). The National Incident-Based Reporting System is used to collected data by law enforcement by showing more in depth information on each single crime occurrence (FBI.gov, 2013). The type of data used in the National Incident-Based Reporting System is information on the nature of the crime, type of crime, a description of the victims and offender involved, type and value of any stolen properties, and a complete description of the person arrested in connection with the crime. Although these reports are never going to be a 100% accurate due to the amount of underreported crime throughout the United States, they commonly give people a good sense of what is taking place in different areas. The crime that goes unreported