SOCL 4461 : Exam 1 Notes
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Deviance go against social norms, but not crime. Crime most severe form of deviance against the law. Consensus model when most of society agrees on a law, as society"s opinion changes, laws. Conflict model people in power make laws that benefit themselves. Penumbral majority of people break these laws. Substantive laws for citizens, what you can and cannot do. Ex post facto cannot punish someone before the new law was passed. The crime clock avg of all crime throughout the day. Nibrs new system, incident-based, ton of information, each incident is reported. Bigger cities reluctant (# reported crimes / total population) x 100,000. Clearance rate (# arrests / # crimes) x 100. Official stats accuracy numbers are too low. Only one crime gets reported in a multi crime incident. Hierarchy rule biggest difference in ucr and nibrs. Benign neglect normally occurs in high crime areas. Police ignore smaller crimes waiting for a bigger crime.
