What is visible crime and what are the types of visible crime?
an offense against a person or property, committed primarily by members of the lower class. Types of visible crime are violent crimes, property crimes, and public order crimes.
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What is political crime and give an example of political crime?
Political crime is an act, usually done for ideological purposes, that constitute a threat against the state. An example would be committing treason or espionage
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What is victimology?
A field of criminology that examines the role the victim plays in precipitating a criminal incident and also examines the impact of crimes on victims
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Who typically commits robberies in relation to you?
strangers
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Costs of being a victim?
You could miss work due to being in the hospital, or have to go to therapy, counseling, etc.
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What is occupational crime and one example of said crime?
Criminal offenses committed through opportunities created in a legal business or occupation. Example is???
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What is cyber crime and give an example?
Cyber crime is offenses that involve the use of one or more computers and an example of this would be hacking??
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What are the four essential questions related to victimology?
Who is victimized?
What is the impact of crime?
What happens to victims in the criminal justice systems?
What role do victims play in causing the crimes they suffer?
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Who does crime affect?
Not only the victim but all members of society
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What have researches found out about the role of victims in crime?
Victims behave in ways that facilitate the acts committed against them
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What is organized crime and an example of said crime?
Organized crime is a framework for the perpetuation of criminal acts and an example could be having a gang where drug selling is there main source of revenue
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What is the dark figure of crime?
The dark figure of crime is a metaphor that emphasizes the dangerous dimension of crimes that are never reported to the police. For example - rape
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What factors are important in explaining crime?
Likely offenders, suitable targets, and the absence of capable guardians converge to increase the likelihood of criminal behavior
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How do we all pay for crime?
Through higher taxes, higher prices, and fear
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An example of property crime?
theft, larceny, shoplifting, embezzlement, and burglary
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What is transnational crime and one example of said crime?
Profit seeking criminal activities that involve planning, execution or victimization that crosses national borders
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Difference between UCR and NVCS?
An annually published statistical summary of crimes reported to the police based on voluntary reports to the FBI by local state and federal law enforcement agencies. NVCS interviews samples of the U.S. population conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to determine the number and types of criminal victimization and thus the extent of unreported as well as reported crime
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What groups of people are commonly victimized?
women, youths, and nonwhites
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What are the costs of crime?
economic, psychological and emotional, and the costs of operating the criminal justice system
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Examples of public order crimes?
public drunkenness, aggressive panhandling, vandalism, and disorderly conduct
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What are victimless crimes and give an example?
Offenses involving a willing and private exchange of illegal goods or services that are in strong demand. Participants don't feel like they are being harmed, society as a whole is injured. An example could be ? selling drugs?
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Current status of the crime rate?
Crime has dropped in the past few years
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Who commits violent crimes in relation to you?
People you know
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Who are the most fearful of crime?
Women and the elderly, aka the people who are the least likely to be victimized
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What is the blame for the rise in crime in the 1970s?