Exam 1 Slides 57 -

2 types of data:

official data and unofficial data

2 types of data:

1. official data comes from…

comes from an official law enforcement agency of the state. (Police department ect.)

2 types of data:

1. List the Official data sources:

1. Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)

2. National incident based reporting system (NIBRS)

2 types of data:

1. The Official data sources:

   • Uniform Crime Reports (UCR); Index crimes-

Violent and property

2 types of data:

1. The Official data sources:

   • Uniform Crime Reports (UCR); Index crimes-

     • Violent~

• Homicide

• Robbery

• Rape

• Aggravated Assault

2 types of data:

1. The Official data sources:

   • Uniform Crime Reports (UCR); Index crimes-

     • Property~

• Burglary

• Larceny Theft

• Auto Theft

• Arson

2 types of data:

1. The Official data sources:

   • Uniform Crime Reports (UCR); Index crimes-

     • Robbery (Violent) vs Burglary (Property)~

• Robbery~ put someone in fear

• Burglary~ “Nobody home” so no fear inflicted in ppl

2 types of data:

1. The Official data sources:

   • Uniform Crime Reports (UCR); Index crimes-

     • Ex of Larceny Theft (Property)~

Shoplifting

What age does crime happen most?

The crime prone age group is 15 to 24. That's when most of the crime.

Black communities are suffering from a major crime problem from an _________ & ___________ standpoint

offending AND victimization

Murder rate varies by how ____ cities are. _________ = Higher Murder rate

• big

• Bigger = Higher Murder rate

• Why might the crime trend change?

  • Bc of The Changing Social _______ of Crime

• Ex:

• Bc of The Changing Social Definitions of Crime

  • Ex: DUI was not considered serious back in the day or fraud bc internet

Crime Rates – Definition

# ________ / # of _____ } multiplied by ________ bc When you just do that and just divide it out, you get this impossibly small, tiny, tiny number.

# offenses / # of ppl } multiplied by 100,000

• Clearance Rates ~ The police __________

  • The number of ______ cleared by an ______

• report card

  • offences; arrest

• Clearance Rates

  • (# ______ / # _____) * _____

(# arrests / # offenses) * 100

2 types of data:

1. The Official data sources:

   • National incident based reporting system (NIBRS)

     • it's like an Excel file where every single row is another incident. So ________ of info

TONS

The UCR is a __________ _______ system while the NIBRS ia a _______________ system

• Summary Reporting System (UCR)

• Incident-based System (NIBRS)

Which system (UCR or NIBRS) has limited coverage?

NIBRS has Limited coverage

2 types of data:

1. The Official data sources:

   • National incident based reporting system (NIBRS)

     • List the segments:

• Defense segment

• Property segment

• Victim segment

• Offender segment

• Arrestee segment

2 types of data:

1. The Official data sources:

   • National incident based reporting system (NIBRS)

     • This system has ____ and ____ Group offenses

A & B

2 types of data:

2. The Unofficial data sources are…

Not from an agency of the state. Independent

2 types of data:

2. The Unofficial data sources:

   • Ex~

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

2 types of data:

2. The Unofficial data sources:

   • Ex~ National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

     • Why independent?

1. It's an unofficial source of information.

2. They're doing it to victims seekers (The UCR is mainly about offenders and arrestees)

2 types of data:

2. The Unofficial data sources:

   • Ex~ National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

     • The types of crime:

• Personal Crime

• Property Crime

2 types of data:

2. The Unofficial data sources:

   • Ex~ National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

     • The types of crime: Personal Crime-

• Rape or SA

• Robbery

• Aggravated and simple assault

• Purse snatching

2 types of data:

2. The Unofficial data sources:

   • Ex~ National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

     • The types of crime: Property Crime-

• Burglary

• Motor vehicle theft

• Vandalism

2 types of data:

2. The Unofficial data sources:

   • Ex~ National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

     • What is not a crime given on the survey? Why?

Murder bc you can’t ask a dead person about their murder

2 types of data:

2. The Unofficial data sources:

   • Ex~ National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

     • What is 2 data points that is unique to this survey?

• The victim-offender relationship

• If the crime was Reported and not reported to police. Why? Why not?

The main factor in reporting the crime to the police is the:

• Benefit to the victim.

  • Is there a financial benefit to you reporting the crime? That is the leading, most important, uh, indicator of whether people report crimes to the police

People will report a crime if it is:

• Serious

• Seriousness of the crime. More serious crime get reported

What it is:

• People are much more likely to report _______ crimes than ________ crimes because they're considered more serious.

violent; property

Who it is:

• Ppl are more likely to report crime from a ________ than a crime from a _______

• stranger; Acquaintance

What is the most frequently reported crime? Why?

Motor vehicle theft ~ Bc of insurance companies

What gender is the most likely victims of crime? Why?

• Males bc Lifestyle Adaptation

  • Women are expected to be careful while men are said they’re “all good” so more likely to get hurt

What age is the most likely victims of crime? Why?

• Young bc Lifestyle Adaptation:

  • What are you doing on a day to day basis? You're going out at night. You're going out it on Friday night to the bars or to the movies or to restaurants

What race is the most likely victims of crime? Why?

• Black bc black live with blacks

  • the victim AND offender are black

Prototypical victim of crime:

• Unemployed

• Poor

• Young

• Black

• Male

• Single

• Lives in the central city

Fatal overdoses in EBR: ______-related deaths

Opioid

What did industrialization do to when a person turn 18 compared to what it used to be?

• Pre-industrial = No big change in your life when you turn 18

• Industrial = You have to leave. A very abrupt sudden change toward adulthood

What did industrialization do to crime because of the very abrupt change toward adulthood when a person reached 18?

• No more old friends around to reinforce high risk, criminal beh

• Crime drops sharply

What did the baby boom do?

It bloated the crime-prone age group (15-24) bc LOTS of kids