CRM 1300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Cadency, National Crime Victimization Survey, White-Collar Crime
18 Sep 2016
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Involves massive data collection from almost all the nation"s police precinct. Part i offenses: crimes the fbi consider to be the most serious (homicide, rape, robbery, classified as violent crimes, and burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft classified as property crimes. Part ii offenses: fraud, embezzlement, vandalism, prostitution, gambling, and disorderly conduct. Each year the fbi reports to the public how many part i crimes occurred the year before. Part ii crimes only give out the number of people arrested. A crime becomes known to police when the victim reports the crime. They then decide weather or not to record it. The ucr seriously underestimates the actually number of crime annually. Their primary focus is on the part i offenses therefore diverting the attention away from white collar crimes. Data against mischaracterized the typical offender and divert attention from white-collar criminals.
