CRIM 1410 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Uniform Crime Reports, Anomie, Motor Vehicle Theft
12 Oct 2018
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Fall 2018
Study Guide Midterm 1
Defining crime:
- Deviant behavior?
o Behavior outside of what society considering normal (speeding)
- Crime?
o Crime that violates the criminal law, and not all deviance is criminal activity
- Mala Prohibita and mala in se?
o Mala in Se: Crimes that everyone thinks are bad (murder, rape, robbery)
o Mala Prohibita: Crimes that someone with power said were bad, but not everyone agrees
(Speeding, some drugs)
Concepts:
- What are part I and II offences? (list)
o Part 1: Murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary,
larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson
o Part 2: Other assaults, forgery, stolen property, vandalism, weapons, prostitution, sex
offenses (expect for rape), drug abuse violations, gambling, driving under the influence,
disorderly conduct
- What are violent crimes? (list)
o Murder, Rape, non-negligent manslaughter, robbery, arson
- What are property crimes? (list)
o Motor vehicle theft, burglary, vandalism, stolen property
- What are the most and least common of these?
o Most: Property crimes and Least: Murder or non-negligent manslaughter
Measuring crime:
- UCR:
o Who collects? Local police agencies for the FBI. Who reports? FBI
o When did it begin? 1930s. When were big changes made? 1960s.
o What data?
▪ Reported crimes and arrests
o Part I offences?
▪ Murder, non-negligent manslaughter, arson, rape, robbery, burglary, aggravated
assault, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft
o Part II offences?
▪ Other assaults, forgery, stolen property, vandalism, weapons, prostitution, sex
offenses (other than rape), drug violations, gambling, driving under the influence,
disorderly conduct
o UCR data is good for measuring what?
▪ Demographics on victims and offenders
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▪ Crime circumstances
▪ Property crimes and victimization
o Why is the UCR limited?
▪ It misses hidden crimes
▪ It at easure relatioship etee iti ad offeder
▪ It doest ross-analyze demographics
- NIBRS:
o Who collects? SRS Who reports?
o What data?
▪ Criminal offenses at an incident level
o Difference from UCR?
▪ More detailed account of incidents rather than summary-based reporting system
- Limitations of official data?
o Reported crimes, and arrest data
- Advantages of official data (UCR)?
o Primary data utilized to study differences across geographic units, utilized for studying
trends over time, crimes best compared are homicides and robberies
Other data sources:
- NCVS:
o Who collects data? Census. How? Self-report survey of American from their homes.
o What data is collected? Crimes unreported.
o NCVS is good for measuring what?
▪ How many victims know their offenders
o Limitations?
▪ Inaccurate reporting (memory errors, not remembering the full story, including
crimes outside of the 6-month window)
▪ Persons not in households are not sampled (people who are homeless or in jail)
▪ Studying crimes like rape and domestic violence in this way is problematic
o Advantages?
▪ Gets the dark figure of rie ureported
▪ Gets the circumstances on why it happened
- Self-report surveys:
o Who collects? Online. How? (an example) Anonymous questionnaires or interviews
o Advantages?
▪ Gets ride of police issues
o Disadvantages?
▪ Kids who are being the most deviant regarding the survey, will most likely be absent
to take it
- Qualitative interviews and field data:
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Document Summary
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