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- 1What are the criticisms of official crime statistics ?1. A large proportion of crime is not reported to police or discovered by them.
2. Some crime statistics are better indicators of "system" or "institutional" reaction rather than criminal activity, including biases in the exercise of police discretion
3. Crime statistics are "social constructions". - 2Why do we collect statistics?- process improvement
- obtain information to keep on record
- make decisions about important issues
- pass information on to others
- provide information regarding a specific topic - 3Obtaining crime statisticsHistorical view
-Court records
France and UK around 1830
- Police statistics around 1860
- Australian statistics for prison and courts available from 19th century
- National crime figures from police records only available from 1964 to 1983 - 4what are other sources that help provide crime statistics ?Crime victim surveys
May be more accurate than police statistics
Self-reported crime surveys
Arrest, drug test, accident and emergency data - 5What are the benefits of crime statistics ?Police uses:
- Key planning tool
-Distribution of resources and training focus
Coordination with support services for victims
-Performance evaluation and comparison across regions - 6What is street crime ?Street crime is the most visible component of crime, especially crime that takes place in public places. (visible manifestation)
- “public face of crime”
- physical violence in public space
There 3 forms of crime and these include (robbery, violence & alcohol related crimes). - 7define domestic violence ?Domestic violence refers to the acts of violence that occur between people who have , or have had an intimate relationship.
it is under-policed as it is viewed as a private matter. - 8what are other terms for domestic violence?intimate abuse, wife abuse, spouse abuse, partner abuse, family violence
- 9Diff types of Abuse?Child abuse: involves the physical,sexual, psychological and emotional abuse, neglect of a child.
Elder abuse (65 +): occurs mainly at the hands of family members or carers of the aged.
- grossly underreported
- involves the physical , psychologically and emotional abuse of older people in their homes by either informal or formal carers.
- - 10what is white collar crime ?"a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation" (Edwin Sutherland, 1939)
- 11What is corporate crime ?crimes committed either by a corporation or by individuals identified with a corporation.
- 12What is occupational crime ?Crime committed through opportunity created in the course of legal occupation for personal gain
- 13what is cyber crimeany crime that involves a computer and a network
Computer crimes:
e.g. identity crime, electronic vandalism ( using viruses to destroy computer systems)
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