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33 Cards in this Set
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1919 the _____ amendment is passed, which is the _____ amendment? Aka______ act. |
18th Prohibition Volstead |
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1930 the ____ is first published |
Uniform Crime report |
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1933, the _____ amendment is repealed, ending _______. |
18th Prohibition |
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1972 ______ begins collecting data on victimization? |
National crime victimization survey |
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1972 the FBI publishes _________. |
Hate crime statistics |
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1973 the _______ begins publishing criminal justice data |
Source-book of criminal justice statistics |
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1979 _____ is listed as a part 1 crime in uniform reports |
Arson |
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1979 the _______ is created |
Bureau of justice statistics |
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1982 _____ and ______ Act is passed. |
Victim and witness protection |
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1984 the _____ act is passed |
Victims of crime |
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2004 _____ is passed |
Crime victims rights act |
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International association of police |
The oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives |
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Uniform crime report |
A database of info about reported crimes collected by the FBI |
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Part I offences |
A UCR category to report murder, forceible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, Larson theft and arson. |
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Violent crime index |
The rate of crimes reported in part 1 offences. |
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Part II offences |
A UCR Report category group used to report less serious offences involving an arrest |
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Hierarchy rule
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An old police method of only counting the most serious crime in a single indecent involving multiple crimes |
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Clearance rate |
The percent of crimes solved vs the crimes unsolved |
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Crime clock |
A method used by the FBI to report how often crimes occur |
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National Crime Victimization Survey |
A survey of homes that gathers detailed info about crimes from the victims |
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Dark figure of crime stats |
Crimes not reported or unknown to police |
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National Incident based reporting system |
A reporting system in which more comprehensive crime info is gathered |
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Bureau of justice stats |
A primary source for Criminal Justice stats |
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Crime awareness and campus security act of 1992 |
A law requiring colleges to report crime occurring on their campuses |
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Safe and drug free schools act of 1996 |
A law requiring the collection of data of violence in elementary and secondary schools |
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Longitudinal comparisons |
Comparing crime data from one time period to another. |
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Dislocation |
Crackdowns on crime in larger cities that cause offenders to relocate to the suburbs or rural areas that have less law enforcement. |
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Victim precipitation theories |
The idea that victims have a part in causing crime that happens to them |
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Lifestyle theories of victimization |
Personal victimization if a result of a victims high risk behavior and actions. |
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Differential association
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A concept that people who associate with others who engage unlawful behavior are more likely to become victims.
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Predatory crime |
Acts involving direct physical between an offender and a target person or object
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Secondary Victimization |
Victimization caused by inappropriate response of institutions and individuals |
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Contingency |
A situation in a civil case when an attorney agrees to forgo payment in return for a percentage of the potential settlement |