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juvenile delinquency: chapter two
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- 1Uniform Crime Report*compiled by the FBI
*complies information on the number of criminal acts reported
*Part I and Part II offenses - 2Part I offencesAKA Index Crime (more likely to respond)*homicide
*murder
*non-negligent manslaughter
*forcible rape
*burglary and robbery
*aggravated assault - 3Part II Offences*vandalism
*liquor law violations
*drug trafficking
**anything not Part I offence in which arrest occurs* - 4UCR uses 3 methods to express crime data*the number of crimes reported to the police and arrests made (raw data)
*crime rates perm100,000 people are calculated
*changes in the number and rate of crime over time - 5SurveyPeople are asked about their attitudes, beliefs. Values, and characteristics as well as their experiences with crime and victimization
- 6SamplingSelecting a limited number of people for a study as a representation of a population
- 7PopulationA group that has similar characteristics
- 8National Crime Victimization Survey ((NCVS))*can gather information on ages 12+
*a comprehensive nationwide survey
* conducted annually by Census Bureau of Justice Statistics
*the survey provides info on victims, crime, and offenders
*provides a more complete picture of the nation's crime problem - 9Self report surveys*ask adolescence to describe their recent and lifetime participation in criminal activity
*can be used to examine the offence histories of the criminal population - 10The kidding cases phenomenonMay only measure 'non serious' and 'occasional' delinquents
- 11Dark figures of crimeIncidents of crime that go undetected by police
- 12Monitoring the Future* the nations most important ongoing self report survey
* if the MTF is accurate than the crime problem is much greater than 'official' statistics would lead us to believe - 13Time and place of delinquency*Occur in the summer
*large urban areas= highest
*rural areas=lowest
*west and south have higher rates than northeast and Midwest - 14Gender and delinquency*generally males are more delinquent
*gender ratios are narrowing
*Male arrest rate decreased by 27%, female 15% - 15Violent crime ratio4:1
- 16Property crime ratio2:1
- 17Race and Delinquency*racial minorities are disproportionately represented in the arrest statistics
*minority youths are actually more likely to be arrested for serious criminal behavior - 18Age of onsetAge began
- 19Chronic offendingA relatively small number of youths who begin to violate the law early and continue at a high rate into adulthood
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