The vast majority of crimes come to the attention of the police in response to citizen complaints. If citizens don't think a crime is serious enough or feel that nothing can be done, they don't usually bother to inform the authorities. This means that there might be serious bias in the:
A) symbolic interactionist theory of deviance.
B) way conflict theorists understand deviance.
C) definition of cash register honesty.
D) value of punishment for deterrence.
E) Uniform Crime Report.

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The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) is a collection of crime statistics gathered from law enforcement agencies across the United States. However, if citizens are not reporting certain crimes, especially those they do not feel are serious or that they believe nothing can be done about, then there may be a bias in the data collected for the UCR. This can impact how accurately certain types of crime are reported and ultimately how they are addressed by law enforcement and policymakers.

The Vast Majority of Crimes Come to the Attention of the Police