Criminology: The Core Chapter 2 Terms

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Uniform Crime Report

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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

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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

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The willful killing of one human being by another.

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Forcible rape

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kinda explains it self I thnk

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Robbery

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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

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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

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The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a feoony or a theft

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Larceny

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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

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The theft of a motor vehicle

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Arson

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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

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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

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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

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Selecting a limited number of people for study as representative of a larger group.

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Population

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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

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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

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A research approach that requires subject to reveal their own participation in delinquent or criminal acts.

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Racial profiling

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Police-initiated action directed at a suspect or group of suspects based solely on race.

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Masculinity hypothesis

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The view that women who commit crimes have biological and psychological traits similar to those of men.

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Liberal feminist theory

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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

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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

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The consequence of a lack of income and other resources which cumulatively leads to poverty

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instrumental criems

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offenses designed to improve the financial or social position of the criminal

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expressive crimes

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offenses committed not for profit or gain but to vent rage, anger or frustration

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Aging out

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Phrase used to express the fact that people commit less crime as they mature

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Chronic offenders

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the small group of persistent offenders who account for a majority of all criminal offenses.

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Early onset

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The view that repeat offenders begin their criminal careers at ta very young age

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Three-strikes policies

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Laws that require offenders to serve life in prison after they are convicted of a third felony.