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Data users are cautioned against comparing crime trends presented
in this report and those estimated by the National Crime Victimization
Survey (NCVS),
administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.† Because of differences
in methodology and crime coverage, the two programs examine the Nation's crime
problem from somewhat different perspectives, and their results are not strictly
comparable.† The definitional and procedural differences can account for
many of the apparent discrepancies in results from the two programs.
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