ADMJ 0600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Masculinity, Racial Profiling, National Crime Victimization Survey

• School: Pitt
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: ADMJ 0600
• Professor: Louis Gentile

Document Summary

Uniform crime report (ucr): includes crimes reported by local law enforcement departments and the number of arrests made by police agencies. Part ii crimes: drug offenses, sex crimes, vandalism. Number of repeated crimes/total us population x 100,000 = rate per 100,000. National incident-based reporting system (nibrs): collects data on each reported crime incident. In survey research, you must sample a representative group of the population you wish to study. National crime victimization survey (ncvs): annual us survey on victimization. Can estimate annual crimes that may not have been reported to the police: 42% of violent crimes, 17% of motor vehicle thefts, 71% of thefts, and 65% of rape and sexual assault crimes go unreported. Validity: o(cid:448)er reporti(cid:374)g due to (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373)s" (cid:373)isi(cid:374)terpretatio(cid:374) of e(cid:448)e(cid:374)t, under reporting due to embarrassment, forgetfulness, or fear of getting in trouble, sampling errors. Validity: may not admit illegal activity (especially those with official records, (cid:862)(cid:373)issi(cid:374)g (cid:272)ases(cid:863) phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)o(cid:374, use them consistently over time to measure changes.