what is the ucr in criminal justice
UCR Frequently Asked Questions and Answers. Updated October 13, 2006. Additional information is available in the NYS Supplement to the FBI UCR Handbook and the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook. What is UCR? UCR is an acronym for the national Uniform Crime Reporting Program. In New York State, it specifically refers to the traditional summary crime reporting method. By 1929, the International Association of Chiefs of Police had developed a nationwide system for collecting police statistics on the number of criminal offenses known to law enforcement.