Crime Essay

collar and occupational crime are available in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report? White collar and occupational crime are “criminal offense committed through opportunities created in a legal business or occupation” (Cole, Smith, and Dejong, 2015, p. 2). The two most common forms are theft and fraud. Examples of white collar and occupational crimes include securities fraud, embezzlement, corporate fraud and money laundering (Barnett, n.d., p2). White-collar crimes are not index crimes; therefore,…

information which includes the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR), victimization surveys, and self-reporting surveys. There is a strong demand for reliable, statistical data, which must be analyzed in order to achieve intelligence. Knowing the benefits, and limitations that these reports, surveys, and studies provide is crucial in understanding the full impact of crime in our society. Intelligence must be incorporated into the planning process to reflect community crime issues. The Brownwood…

Among African Americans and Hispanic adolescent boys, homicide is the leading cause of death, 100,000 children bring weapons to school every day in the United States (Hoffman and Summers, 2001). The increasing rates of youth violence appears to be a worldwide phenomenon in industrialized nations. Possible explanations for the increase vary from country to country and include drug trafficking, family breakdown, political turmoil and increased gang activity (Hoffman and Summers, 2001). In the…

Tracking criminal data in the United States is a large part of the process in understanding and preventing further crimes in each community and every year the FBI releases an analytical statistics report for crimes committed in the United States, called the Uniform Crime Report (UCR). The UCR program data collection is done by individual agencies, such as police departments where they compile data by arrests and offenses. This system is called the Summary reporting system or SRS and the data…

Success and Failure Since attempted crimes are typically of lesser punishment, attempts are decided by whether the crime committed was successful or not. No defendant should get a lesser sentence or punishment for attempting a crime because they are still as morally blameworthy as someone who committed a crime. Punishment of any sort should not be decided by whether the crime was successful or not, but by the defendant’s mental or physical intent to commit the crime. For example, Grandma has…

Organized crime is defined from the FBI as any group having some manner of a formalized structure and whose primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities. (The FBI- Federal Bureau of Investigation). Yes, I do agree with Professor Howard Abadinsky on his philosophy to fight and control organized crime. Increasing the resources available for law enforcement agencies to fight organized crime would keep Peace Officer’s (police officer’s) and the public safety safer from crimes.…

Teenage crime By Kaitlin, Gaurav and Gurwant What is a young offender? The definition of a young offender is a person who has been convicted, accused, or warned about an offence in which they have committed. To be classified as a young offender one must fit in the demographic of between ten and seventeen years of age. Young offenders can be male or female; however, males that fit the age groups, compared to females, are almost twice as likely to be convicted of a criminal offense. To be…

criminal’s individualistic decision that leads to his criminality. Hence, one implication the State should consider is making the cost higher than the benefits of committing the crime. This could be done by establishing harsher punishes, however, research has noted otherwise because harsher penalties could actually lead to higher crime rates.…

be analyzing is called, “Estimating the Impact of Classification Error on the ‘‘Statistical Accuracy’’ of Uniform Crime Reports” By James J. Nolan, Stephen M. Haas, Jessica S. Napier. This article talks about a study the authors made for estimating classification error in police records and determining the accuracy of official crime statistics that were reported to the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). Classification errors happen when a criminal offense is misclassified by police before being…

acknowledge that men are likely to part in crime but provide evidence that varies factors contribute to criminal behavior regardless of the individual’s sex. On the other hand, researchers have data that proves there has been an increase in women participating in deviant acts. David Eitle and Jay R. Turner (2003) support the argument as mentioned that men engage in crime but justifies that young adult males experience strains that contribute to their involvement in crime. To back this up, they…