The use of rates in the reporting of criminal justice data allow the researcher to _____.

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Rates allow researchers to make more meaningful comparisons by standardizing data based on population size, which enables comparisons even between populations of different sizes. Rates are calculated as the number of events per unit of population size (e.g. per 100,000 people), which allows for better comparison of crime rates between different regions or over time.

The Use of Rates in the Reporting of Criminal Justice