CRIM 1125 Lecture Notes - Motor Vehicle Theft
Document Summary
Criminology self report surverys and crime rates. Self report surveys like the gss self report surveys usually conducted over the telephone. Ask members of the public whether they have ever committed a criminal act. Again confirm the large amount of undetected or unreported crime problems with self report surveys. Offenders who have the most to hide are least likely to participate. Over reporting tend to uncover petty crime. Ucr is the most reliable gss is second self report surveys are third. Ucr data reflects crimes that are deemed serious enough by police to be recorded. Gss and self report surveys illustrate undetected and unreported crime. Show us that crime is much more common that we might believe. Victimization survey provide info for criminal event theory, routine activities theory, life style exposure theory. Gss provides insight into why people don"t report crime to the police and what their general attitudes towards the criminal justice system are.
