CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Motor Vehicle Theft, Victimology, Traffic Calming

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 101
• Professor: Barry Cartwright

Document Summary

Identify the factors that led to the development of routine activities theory, indicate which theorists first advanced routine activities theory (and when), and list its main elements (or components). The dark figure of crime: the vast amount of crime estimated by the gss to be two-thirds of all crime that is not reported to the police. If crime is not reported to the police, then it is not reflected in the ucr, which is based solely on police reports. If a reported crime is not recorded by the police, then it is not reflected in the ucr. Proactive and reactive policing: policing activites can clearly have an impact on the number and types of crime that are reported in the uniform crime report. If the police are engaged in proactive policing, where they have more patrols and actively search out crimes, there may be a higher likelihood of an act being detected and defined as criminal.