National Crime Victimization Survey

is now. With all these changes one has to wonder how these changes are affecting the future of the youths and how it’s currently affecting them. In their report Juvenile Focus, Alvin W. Cohn, and D.Crim talks about various topics like criminal victimization, policing disparities, jailing of the poor states reform sentencing, and how they all relate to juvenile delinquency. They tackle topics like juvenile drug court, juvenile drug treatment, teens being trialed as adult in courts, psychological…

been subjected to numerous forms of victimization at their school during 2014 - 2015 academic years. We then decided to measure by including three items like: A) did anyone used forceful or strong-arm methods to get sex, money or somethings else from them? B) Did anyone threatened to hurt them at school? C) And did anyone ever hit them hit at school? The students per our survey were required to respond by telling us if they were a victim of the above-mentioned crimes at school by either stating…

Self-report data plays an important role in revealing some of the dark figures of offending while allowing law enforcement officials to construct a database of offender typologies. Unlike official data collected from crime or arrest reports, self-report surveys extract information directly from the source (the offenders), therefore, revealing details which are typically not solicited during an investigation or an arrest. Moreover, self-reporting has its advantages such as simplicity, cost…

The Uniform crime reporting is a system where field officers and the other investigating bodies concerned with crime presents data from their investigations to the FBI. The FBI compiles all reports on that crime and compiles a comprehensive report that find the gaps in the data, the effectiveness of the report and other aspects, providing a statistical measure of accuracy. The national Crime Victimization Survey has a purpose of collecting facts about a criminal case, whether reported or not,…

If the victim is telling a lie, then the charged rapist may pay the price of a crime he did not do. If a victim is telling the truth and the police just can’t put the puzzle together, then the rapist is still out on the streets. Rape is something that no one should take lightly. “Rape can have profound and long-lasting psychological effects on victims. Survivors may feel intense shame, fear, and rage (Rape).” Losing the part of you that you treasure most can be very traumatic and such a…

Sexual assault is a serious crime that is extremely consequential in the United States, especially within the U.S. Armed Forces. Although sexual assault is a serious crime in and out of the military, the military seems to look over the issue. According to an article by Jennifer Koons, the Pentagon has stated, approximately 3,000 service members reported being sexually assaulted in 2012. While that number is somewhat large, a confidential Department of Defense survey suggests an even bigger…

cities are more vulnerable of becoming victims of violent crime (Bachman 1994). Black women are more likely than white women to experience incidents of violence by acquaintances or strangers ((Bachman 1994; García-Moreno et al. 2014)). Women are more vulnerable to particular types of perpetrators and are more likely to be victimized by intimates partners such husband or boyfriends (Bachman 1994). Women who experienced a violent victimization 59% more likely for injuries to occurred if offenders…

two main sources of crime data are self-report surveys and official records. Official records hold data about offenders and types of crime, typically coming from police departments from their National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) that reports the numbers of offenses called into 911. This data is then compiled into the Uniform Crime Report (UCR). While the UCR has data about the crime and the suspect, it does not address the victim, and it only discusses reported crime. In order to…

rehabilitation centers to help them get out of trouble. There were at least 30,000 gangs and 800,000 members active across the US in 2007. About 147,000 were in prisons in 2009. Half of these gang members are female but there is no easy way to stop all this crime, because the conditions that lead to gangs are complex. While police presence is important in keeping neighborhoods safe, a more successful way is to give people something to life for other than a gang. This can include helping young…

The National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence indicates that more than 60 percent of children from birth to 17 years experience victimization and 38 percent witness violence sometime during childhood. Victimization levels increase as youth reach adolescence; in fact, youth ages 12 to 24 suffer more violent crime than any other age group in the United States. Over the course of their lifetime, 71 percent…