ANTHRO 169 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Motor Vehicle Theft, Uniform Crime Reports, Assault

• School: UCLA
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 169
• Professor: Jeffrey Brantingham

Document Summary

Crimes are characterized as violations against the established laws in society; these violations are reported and become certified by the police. National incident-based reporting systems(nibrs): more extensive list of crimes. *** often police forces do not report crimes and there isn"t a law that may punish them for not reporting crimes. Motor vehicle theft larceny-theft robbery (when a person is present at the place which they are committing burglary). *** everything except for arson is considered to be the primary source of information by the. Simple assault curfew violations embezzlement, forgery and counterfeiting. Dui liquor offenses domestic abuse prostitution public drunkenness. sex offenders. *** it is hard to for the fbi to attain information about these crimes; these often result in lesser levels of punishment. Severity : they are tracked because they are mala in se crimes; they are severe and serious.