Valid and accurate data and research details on victimization and crime must be primary for the comprehension of criminal acts in the U.S. Such information facilitates analyzing the quality of programs and activities of the U.S criminal justice system. White-collar crime includes any violation of law done through non-violent ways, such as omission, lies, misrepresentation, deceit, or violation of trust by a person of the firm for individual or organizational gain (Rorie, 2019). The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) are core data crime-related data sources.
The data available under the UCR includes the classification and subcategories of white-collar crimes and possible causes of the relevant offenses (Odunze, 2019). The data available in NCVS to examine the utility of employing the NCVS to quantify white-collar crimes includes the list of white-collar crimes and their classification. Further, NCVS gathers data on reported and unreported crimes suffered by households and individuals. It approximates the proportion of every crime form reported to law enforcement and reviews the rationale that victims provided for not reporting or reporting (Langton et al., 2017) White-collar crimes are not recorded to the degree of street crime because they require comprehensive research. Street crimes are more notable since they occur in a public place, while white-collar crimes are non-violent and hard to detect. Comprehensive information concerning white-collar crimes from the two sources is essential since it assists in examining the root of such crimes and preventing them in organizations and government offices. Notably, white-collar crimes such as stock manipulation are more costly to the community than street crimes like robbery.
References
Langton, L., Planty, M., & Lynch, J. P. (2017). Second major redesign of the national crime victimization survey (NCVS).Criminology & Public Policy, 6(4), 1049-1074. Web.
Odunze, D. O. (2019). Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and 2012 Redesign.The Encyclopedia of Women and Crime, 1-3. Web.
Rorie, M. L. (2019). The handbook of white-collar crime. Wiley Blackwell.