Nibrs and UCR

Go to the UCR 2015 Crime Data at the FBI website. You will be on the page “About Crime in the U.S. (CIUS).” Under “Offenses Known to Law Enforcement,” click on TRENDS. Choose one of the listed crime classifications to analyze. Follow the hyperlinked table numbers to explore tables related to the classification you have chosen.
• Describe the trends you notice for the crime classification you chose.
• What surprised you about this crime classification’s trends?
• Is there any information it would be useful to have for understanding crime that you don’t find in this publication? Like what?