Is it a "Crime" Data
Data on this category of crime is listed in Part I Offenses of the Uniform Crime Report.
What is violent crime?
A killing that is premeditated and deliberate with no regard for human life.
What is First Degree murder?
The willful and malicious burning of a property.
What is arson?
A family that is not operated or governed by a two-parent structure.
What is a broken home?
The crime data-collecting system that provides information on offenses, victims, offenders, and arrestees.
What is NIBRS?
A killing that is without premeditation and could result from the heat of passion or diminished capacity.
What is voluntary manslaughter?
The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft.
What is burglary?
The condition in which a person lacks the financial resources to provide a minimum standard of living.
What is poverty?
A method of gathering crime data that focuses on information provided by offenders about their criminal activity.
What is Self-Reported Surveys?
A killing that takes place during the commission of certain felonies such as arson, rape, robbery, or burglary.
What is felony murder?
The act of physically contacting another person with the intent to do harm.
What is battery?
A person that stops going to school before receiving a diploma.
What is a dropout?
The survey used by crime experts to gather participants experience as victims of crime.
What is the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)?
The killing of one human being by another.
What is homicide?
The threat or attempt to do violence that results in serious bodily injury, death, the use or display of a deadly weapon, or strangulation.
What is aggravated assault?
The financial support given to individuals with low income by the government to help meet their basic needs.
What is welfare?
The term used to describe the actual amount of crime that takes place in the country.
What is the dark figure of crime?
An action that is extremely reckless, seriously harms another person, or with specific intent to kill and shows no regard for human life.
What is malice?
The act of taking property from another person without the use of force with the intent of keeping that property.
What is larceny?
A condition in which a person is unable to stop using a substance or engaging in a behavior even though it is causing psychological and physical harm.
What is drug addiction?