CCJS 100 Chapter 2: Outline

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 100
• Professor: Justine Madoo

Document Summary

7 broad categories of crime : visible, occupational, organized, transnational, victimless, political, and cyber. Each type of crime has its own level of risk and profitability, each has own degree of public disapproval and group of defenders with characteristics. Nibrs, ucr, and ncvs are the best sources. Crime rates are affected by changes in social conditions. Explain why some people are at higher risk of victimization than others. Most likely to be victims: young males in lower income communities. African americans are more frequently victims than whites. Crimes are usually committed by acquaintances and relatives of the victim. Crime significantly affects all of society through financial and other costs. Medical costs, psychological, insensitive treatment by justice system official are the burdens on individual crime victims. Fear of crime may make everyone in society feel less free to go certain places or live their daily life comfortably. Name the theories put forward to explain criminal behavior.