CRIM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: True Crime, Due Process, Pepper Spray
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Hierarchy rule: only the most serious crime is tracked by statistics, hides true crime rate. Violent offenses: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault. Property offenses: theft, vehicle theft, burglary, arson. Victimology: study of victim, how did victim and offender come in contact with each other. Violent crimes: victim can usually identify the offender. Murder: 1st degree: premeditated (planned to kill this person) Rape: a man having sex with a woman without her consent, woman to man has a different name. Robbery: use of force/violence to commit a theft. Aggravated assault: simple assault: no serious bodily injury, aggravated: serious bodily injury. Burglary: what a person does in the house, going into a place with the intent to commit a crime. Vehicle theft: any type of vehicle legally authorized to drive on a public street. *** know the difference between robbery and burglary *** Victimization theories (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
