CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Malum Prohibitum, Reporting Bias, Recall Bias
22 Sep 2016
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Crim 103 lecture #2: chapter 1 developmental risks factors for crime. An intentional behaviour in violation of criminal code: intentional -> did not occur accidentally or without justification of excuse. Defining antisocial behaviour: violation of social norms, typically applied to adolescent (12-17y/o) behaviour, alcohol use is an antisocial behaviour for adolescents, but not for adults (social behaviours are different between adolescents/adults) Truancy: crime is legally defined, antisocial behaviour is socially defined. Example arrest, charge, conviction, unified crime report (ucr) Everyone has access to ucr: benefits. Most are reliable (e. g. , 46 counts of conviction everyone will see the same thing), easy to measure: limitations. Some forms (e. g. , ucr) take only the most serious crime, while other forms (e. g. , charge, conviction) might have less serious crimes due to plea bargaining: dark figure of crime. When we look at official statistics, these are the only offenders who came into contact w/ criminal justice system. Does not represent all the crime being committed.
