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hate crimes |
criminal acts directed toward a particular group of people because of their racial, ethic, religious, or gender characteristics |
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public order crimes |
Victimless crimes can be misleading |
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econimc crime |
White collar crimes corporate crimes |
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white collar crime |
such acts as income tax evasion, credit card fraud, and bank fraud |
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corporate crime |
type of white collar crime which includes antitrust, price fixing, and false advertising |
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how do we measure crime? |
official data victim data self-report data |
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Uniform crime reports |
issued by the FBI best known and most widely cites source of official statistics |
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FBI part 1 Crimes |
criminal homicide forcible rape robbery aggravated assault burglary larceny/theft motor vehicle theft arson |
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how many crimes are cleared by arrest? |
20% |
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The UCR uses __ methods to express crime data |
3 |
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increase in Police efficiency resultes in an _____ in crime |
increase |
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simple assault |
is a crime listed in the UCR but not in the FBI part 1 crimes |
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Second source of crime data is |
Surveys that ask crime victims about their encounters with criminals |
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fewer than half of ______ are not reported |
violent crimes |
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national crime victimization survery |
self report surveys FBI oversees |
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Teenage population |
substance abuse they exaggerate their criminal acts, forgot some of them, or can be confused about whats being asked |
