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Uniform Crime Report |
Large database, compiled by the FBI, of crimes reported and arrests made each year throughout the United States. |
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Part 1 Crimes |
The eight most serious offenses included in the UCR: Murder, Rape, Assault, robbery, burglary, arson, larceny, and motor vehicle theft. |
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Murder and nonegligent manslaughter |
The willful killing of one human being by another. |
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Forcible rape |
kinda explains it self I thnk |
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Robbery |
The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear |
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Aggravated assault |
An unlawful attack by one person upon another, accompanied by the use of a weapon for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. |
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Burglary |
The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a feoony or a theft |
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Larceny |
The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. |
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Motor Vehicle Theft |
The theft of a motor vehicle |
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Arson |
The willful or malicious burning of a dwelling, house, public building, motor vehicle, aircraft, personal, property of another, or the like |
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Part II crimes |
All other crimes aside from the eight part I crimes, included in the UCR arrest data. Part II crimes include drug offenses, sex crimes, and vandalism, among others. |
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National incident based reporting system |
Program that requires local police agencies to provide a brief account of each incident and arrest within 22 crime patterns including incident, victim, and offender information |
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Sampling |
Selecting a limited number of people for study as representative of a larger group. |
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Population |
All people who share a particular characteristic such as all high school students or all police officers. |
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National Crime Victimization survey |
The ongoing victimization study conducted jointly b the justice department and the U.S. census bureau that surveys victims about their experiences with law violation |
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Self-Report survey |
A research approach that requires subject to reveal their own participation in delinquent or criminal acts. |
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Racial profiling |
Police-initiated action directed at a suspect or group of suspects based solely on race. |
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Masculinity hypothesis |
The view that women who commit crimes have biological and psychological traits similar to those of men. |
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Liberal feminist theory |
A view of crime that suggest that the social and economic role of women in society controls their crime rates |
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Racial threat hypothesis |
As the size of the black population increases, the perceived threat to the white population increases resulting in a greater amount of social control imposed on blacks. |
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Resource deprivation |
The consequence of a lack of income and other resources which cumulatively leads to poverty |
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instrumental criems |
offenses designed to improve the financial or social position of the criminal |
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expressive crimes |
offenses committed not for profit or gain but to vent rage, anger or frustration |
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Aging out |
Phrase used to express the fact that people commit less crime as they mature |
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Chronic offenders |
the small group of persistent offenders who account for a majority of all criminal offenses. |
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Early onset |
The view that repeat offenders begin their criminal careers at ta very young age |
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Three-strikes policies |
Laws that require offenders to serve life in prison after they are convicted of a third felony. |