A victim survey is where people get asked what crimes have happened to them over a particular period of time. This is different from the British Crime Survey (BCS) or the Crime survey for England and Wales (CSEW) -which is an annual victimisation survey that is carried out by the Home Office; it tries to find out about crime that has not been recorded by the police. Both of these types of survey and therefore types of statistics that you can collect, these differ to the statistics produced from the police because of many ways. One example is that the statistics that come from the police just come from reported crime whereas victim surveys come from people’s experience of crime. Another example of how statistics from the police and statistics from victim surveys are different is because not all victims report crime to the police for many reasons and therefore create what’s called “the dark figure” (The number of crimes that go un-reported, we have no idea how big or small this number is).
Crime data Comparison CJA/314: Criminology Instructor: Chris Hammond By: Christine Kishlock Student: University of Phoenix Crime is a process that takes place when a law is broken; these laws are set in place to keep society at a social normal. When these laws are broken people normally report these activities but in the day and present time it has been more aware to criminal justice officials that most of the criminal behavior is not being reported. In this short comparison paper I will be going over to different metropolitan areas and comparing the rates in crime in a crime category. California holds several different metropolitan areas some are more wide spread than others and can go as far as half the state. The
There are different theories on how crime and deviance are viewed. Functionalist theorists see crime and deviance as necessary due to society being dependent on each group of society to perform actions necessary for survival (Burke.H.R 2009:346). Interactionism theorists believe crime and deviance are judged by society and the severity of the crime and deviant behaviour is judged by how civilization reacts to it (S.Cook 2012). Following on from the Interactionalists theory crime and deviance are relative concepts as they change through time and in different countries. For example women voting used to be illegal, now it is legal in most countries.
City Demographics and Crime Profile Heide M. Banks, Shayla Blair, Neil Lammons, Daniel Stevens, Maria Torres AJS/542 April 14, 2014 Marcela Morales Abstract The effects of crime are serious for a society. Unfortunately, most cities and towns in the United States experience some form of illicit behavior by their citizens. Information concerning the number of vandalisms, burglaries, assaults, and murders of an area can sway prospective buyers from purchasing homes or businesses from settling in a select community. Some believe that urban areas struggle with higher crime rates than suburban areas. Historically, crowded, low-income neighborhoods were thought of as crime capitals.
Different sociologists have presented different theories and concepts to explain what drives a person to commit a crime, and research and statistics give us an idea of the type of crimes committed and the places that they’re most likely to occur. However, these statistics can prove to be misleading as not all crime is reported to or recorded by the police. This can be referred to as the ‘hidden figure’, and it differentiates between the official crime rate and the real rate. Despite this, they do prove to be worthwhile in the fact that they display trends and patterns of crime. Sociologists use three different methods to measure crime; each method provides us with particular information and as in all systems of data collecting, there are strengths and weaknesses to the method.
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Crime and disorder legislation The crime and disorder act was established in 1998 it focuses on an introduction of anti social behavioural orders, sex offender orders, parenting orders and also racially aggravated offences. Since, it focuses on some very serious areas it means that the local authorities all have to work together to make sure that the strategies are implemented correctly like the police authority, probation authority, health authority and other agencies. The act also gave the local authorities more responsibilities, as the strategies which it introduces have to reflect local needs and priorities. Due to this reason different areas have different focuses, for example, in Manchester their main focus would be robbery as this is the worst place for robbery crimes, in Bradford they would focus on gun crimes and in Nottingham they would focus on murder crimes as they had the highest rate of murder with 5.21 crimes for every 100,000 population. The act is ordered to develop and implement the strategies in three year cycles, such as, 1999-2002, 2002-2005, so the next one will be this year in 2008.
Throughout many years, crime scholars have pointed to the potential benefits of focusing crime prevention efforts on crime places. A number of studies suggest that crime is not spread evenly across city landscapes. Rather, there is significant clustering of crime in small places, or hot spots, that generate a vastly disproportionate number of criminal events. Even within the most crime-ridden neighborhoods, crime clusters at a few discrete locations and other areas are relatively crime free. A number of researchers have argued that many crime problems can be addressed more efficiently if police officers focus their attention on these deviant places.
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Criminal Comparison Data Lisa Thomas CJA/314 February 14, 2012 Charles Hall Criminal Comparison Data Crimes are committed daily and some are not always reported to the police. Without the proper reporting of crimes it is difficult to have accurate data. The crime of burglary is committed more than the report shows. Some people think there is no point in reporting the crime because the items missing will not be recovered. Although this might be true, reporting the crime gives the police the opportunity to figure out what areas need more patrolling.