CRJU 2220 Lecture 2: SET 2
Document Summary
Allows for all components (crime, arrest, injuries, relationship) to be examined within a crime incident. Offers broad range of offense catagories victimization survey method of producing data in which people are asked about their experiences as crime victims. National crime victimization survey (ncvs) annual survey of criminal victimization in the us conducted by the us bureau of justice. Statistics crimes of interest the 7 offenses in the ncvs. includes crimes of violence, crimes of personal theft, & household crimes criticisms of ncvs data. Confirms considerable amount of juvenile delinquency is unknown to police. Has uncovered reasons why victims do not report crime incidents. Demonstrates amount of variation in official reporting of crime changes across type of offenses. Whether it is reasonable to expect that offenders would admit their illegal acts to strangers. May forget, distort, misunderstand, or lie acclaim to self-report studies. We know 85-90% all juveniles have committed at least one criminal act.
