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CRM 101 Lecture : CRM 101 - Counting Crime & measuring criminal behavior

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12 Oct 2011
School
Ryerson University
Department
Criminology
Course
CRM 101
Professor
Gurpreet Johal

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Crm 101: counting crime and measuring criminal behaviour. Individual officers have discretion and do not record crimes consistentl. The majority of crimes are never reported to the police (the "dark figur e" of crime) Are somewhat limited in canada, but are now beginning to provide some in formation about the operation of the courts. Reflect official decisions more than actual crime patterns (prisoners ar e not a representative sample of all criminals) What is being counted (i. e) suspects, charges, calls for service, number of prisoners) How data are combined (i. e local area, city, province, national) What specific information should be collected (i. e type of information, level of detail) How to count units and elements (i. e is assaulting three people in the s ame attack one crime or three?) Problems with the "seriousness rule" (only the most serious crime in an incident is counted) Categories are too general (thefts and attempted thefts lumped together)

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