Analyze victimization measurement techniques, including their strengths and weaknesses.
The prior section presented a number of statistics about the prevalence of crime in the United States, with almost all of those statistics and definitions coming from official sources of information about crime, specifically the FBI. The FBI collects and analyzes crime in the United States annually, allowing citizens and policy makers to know where problems are, what laws might need to be changed, and what policies might need to be created in order to help prevent crime. Yet, this is not the only source of information. This section will discuss the different sources of information that can be used to discuss crime and victimization in the United States as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each information source.