CRJU 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Assault, Voluntary Manslaughter, Motor Vehicle Theft
16 Feb 2017
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Measurement of crime: three crime measurements in the u. s, fbi"s uniform crime report (ucr): police data on. Part i: serious crime (8) = index offenses. Report system on counts of 29 types of crimes 17000 police agencies at state, city, county, township levels (95%: two incentives: federal funding, free lab tests, part i - index offenses. Crimes against a person: murder & nonnegligent manslaughter (criminal homicide, forcible rape (not sexual assault, robbery (not home invasion, aggravated assault (not simple assault) Crimes against property: larceny/theft, burglary, auto theft, arson (added in 1979, ucr classifications, categories 1. Crime rate (part i: index offenses (hierarchy rule) How do you ran the c. j. education at csulb: index (gives choice. Ex: 1, 2, 3, 4) vs scale (physical scale, allows decimals, and can have multiple points. Aa = 1, ba = 2, ms = 3, phd = 4 (index)
