UCR
who collects? who reports?
FBI collects from local police agencies
who collects? who reports?
FBI collects from local police
who collects? how?
census and the bureau of justice statistics
by crime screening questionnare and incident reports
Deviance
Crime
Behavior outside the norm
behavior that violates the criminal law
Main correlates of crime:
age, gender, race, poverty, place
when did it begin? when were big changes made?
Began in 1930s/20s, changed in 1960s
what data?
reported crimes and arrest
what data is collected?
general statements about victimization trends
Mala in se
Mala prohibita
behaviors that are bad because they are morally wrong
Crimes that are crimes because someone prohibited them at some point
Levels of Analysis:
structural(macro), cross-level, individual(micro)
What data?
reported crimes and arrest data
difference from UCR
provides more context and no hierarchy
is good for measuring what?
unreported crimes
Under-representation
Over-representation
when crime percentage is lower than population
when crime percentage is higher than population
Models of law:
consensus, class conflict, group conflict
good for measuring what?
patterns, trends over time
limitations?
does not get at "dark figure" of crime
limitations?
inaccurate reporting, sample size, people not in households are not sampled, funding
Modes of adaptation:
conformity, ritualism, innovation, retreatism, rebellion
key limitations
bias, doesnt report all crime
advantages?
more detail and study trends over time
gets at "dark figure" of crime, nonreported crimes, more detail