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adolescent-limited offenders
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Juveniles whose law-breaking behavior restricted to their teenage years.
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age-crime curve
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Crime rates increase during preadolescence, peak in middle adolescence, and steadily decline thereafter.
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aging-out phenomenon
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The gradual decline of participation in crime after the teenage years.
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chronic offenders
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Juveniles who continue to engage in law-breaking behavior as adults.
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continuity of crime
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The idea that chronic offenders are unlikely to age-out of crime and more likely to continue their law-violating behavior into their adult lives.
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Crime Index
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A statistical indicator consisting of eight offenses used to gauge the amount of crime reported to the police. It was discontinued in 2004.
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crimes of interest
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The crimes that are the focus of the National Crime Victimization Survey.
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dark figure of crime
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The gap between the actual amount of crime committed and crime reported to the police.
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ecological fallacy
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The mistake of assuming relationships found at the neighborhood level mean those factors are related at the individual level.
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falsely accused
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Juveniles who are thought to have committed a crime when they have not.
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hierarchy rule
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In the Uniform Crime Reports, the police record only the most serious crime incident.
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incidence
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The number of delinquent acts committed.
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juveniles
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Persons under age 18.
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National Crime Victimization Survey
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An annual nationwide survey of criminal victimization conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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National Opinion Research Center
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Conducted the first nationwide victimization survey.
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National Youth Survey
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Nationwide self-report survey of approximately 1,700 people who were between the ages of 11 and 17 in 1976.
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prevalence
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The number of juveniles committing delinquency.
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racial profiling
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A practice where police use race as an explicit factor in profiles for guiding their decision making.
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secret delinquents
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Juveniles whose crimes are not known to the police.
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self-report studies
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Unofficial measures of crime in which juveniles are asked about their law-breaking behavior.
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status offense
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An act illegal only for children, such as truancy.
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Uniform Crime Reports
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Annual publication from the Federal Bureau of Investigation presenting data on crimes reported to the police, number of arrests, and number of persons arrested.
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victimization survey
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A method of producing crime data in which people are asked about their experiences as crime victims.
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