CRJU 385 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: National Crime Victimization Survey, Victimology, Burglary
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Note: this is a general review sheet and may not include all topics covered on the exam. Read the book & go over the notes! Assigned reading textbook chapters 1 4: any videos and/or class discussions, data sources for criminal justice, ncvs. National crime victimization survey ncvs: households self reported 42,000 households, ~ 750,000 people, annual estimates for nations and subgroups (racial, geographic region) Cannot tell us county, city, or state: household within household, burglary, personal personal property crimes or individual violent crimes, racial categories, white, black, american indian/native alaskan, asian/native hawaiian/pacific islander. Two or more races other: ethnicity, hispanic, non-hispanic, ucr. Fbi reports: annual report, arrest data police agencies, crimes known to police only known crimes, part 1 index offenses crimes known to police are the only ones that are in the part 1 data. Hierarchy of offenses: most serious, murder/nonnegligent homicide. Property crimes: aggravated assault, burglary, larceny/theft, motor vehicle theft (mvt, arson, part 2 offenses.
