Our knowledge about the extent and context of rape comes fro…

Our knowledge about the extent and context of rape comes from three sources, and two of them are the FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). UCR provides a better estimate of estimate of rape because it is based on data collected from survey interviews of thousands of people nationwide, while the NCVS is based on data compiled by the FBI from police reports nationwide.