Criminal Justice Chapter 2

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Uniform Crime reporting (UCR) program

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Is statistical reporting program run by the FBI's criminal justice Information Services (CJIS) division. The _____ program publishes crime in the United States, which provides an annual summation of the incidence and rate of reported crimes throughout the United States.

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National Crime victimization survey (NCVS)

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An annual survey have selected American household conducted by the Bureau of Justice statistics to determine the extent of criminal victimization--- especially unreported victimization--- in the United States.

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Bureau of Justice statistics (BJS)

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A US Department of Justice agency responsible for the collective of Criminal Justice data, including the annual National Crime victimization survey.

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Crime index

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A now defunct but once inclusive measure of the UCR program's violent and property crime categories, or what are called part 1 offenses. Long featured in the FBI's publication crime in the United States, was discontinued in 2004. The _______ had been intended as a tool for Geographic (state-to-state) and historical (year-to- year) comparisons via the use of crime rates ( the number of crimes per unit of population). However, criticism that the index was misleading arose after Reese archers found that the largest of the indexes crime categories, larceny-theft, carried undue weight and led to the underappreciation of changes in the arrest of more violin and serious crimes.

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National incident-based reporting system (NIBRS)

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Images of Base reporting system that collects as detailed ad on every single crime occurrence. ______ data are replacing the kinds of summary data that have traditionally been provided by the FBI's Uniform Crime reporting program.

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Clearance rate

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A measure of investigative Effectiveness that compares the number of crimes reported or discovered to the number of crimes solved through arrest in other means ( such as the death of the suspect).

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Part 1 offenses

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A UCR / NIBRS offense group used to report murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson, as defined as under the FBI's UCR / NIBRS program.

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Larceny-theft

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The unlawful taking or attempted taking, caring, leading, or riding away of property, from the possession or constructive possession of another. Motor Vehicles are excluded. ______ is the most common of the eight major offenses, although probably only a small percentage of all _____ are actually reported to the police because of the small dollar amounts involved.

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Identity theft

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And crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of information, such as Social Security and driver's license numbers, to obtain Credit, Merchandise, and services in the name of the victim. The victim is often left with a ruined credit history and the time-consuming and complicated task of repairing the financial damage.

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Part 2 offenses

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A UCR / NIBRS offense group used to report arrests for the last serious offenses. Agencies are limited to reporting only arrest information for part __ offenses, with the exception of simple assault.

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Dark figure of crime

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Crime that is not reported to the police and that remains unknown to officials.

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Crime typology

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A classification of crimes along a particular Dimension, such as legal categories, offender motivation, victim Behavior, or the characteristics of an individual offenders.

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Cyberstalking

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The use of the internet, email, and other electronic communication Technologies to stalk another person.

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Corporate crime

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If I alicious are they criminal statue buy a corporate entity or by its Executives, employees, or agents acting on behalf of and for the benefit of the corporation, partnership, and other form of business entity.

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Transnational organized crime

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Unlawful activity undertaken and supported by organized criminal groups operating across National boundaries.

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Cyber crime

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Any crime perpetrated through the use of computer technology. Also, any violation of a federal or state cybercrime statue.