FBI Crime Clock
Chapters 6 and 7
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3 matching sections
word bank
Multiple Choice questions
4 short answer questions
Approximately 60% of the exam is based
on chapter seven
Important terms to review
• 5 types of social
• Cost and benefits of
interaction
deviant.
• Primary vs. secondary • Conflict theory
groups
• Uniform Crime
• In vs. out group
Report
• Strain theory
• Control Theory
• D.A.T.
• Labeling Theory
4 approaches to crime control
• 1. Deterrence: discourage criminal acts by
threatening punishment.
• 2. Retribution: punishment intended to make
criminals pay compensation for their acts.
• 3. Incarceration: method of protecting society
from criminals by keeping them in prison
• 4. Rehabilitation: resocialization attempts.
– Recidivism: return to criminal behavior/back in
prison. 67%
Crime
• Acts committed in violation of the law.
Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
• Crime statistics gathered by the FBI.
• UCR covers various types of crimes:
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Forcible rape
Robbery
Aggravated assault
Burglary
Larceny-theft
Motor vehicle theft
arson
hate crimes
UCR good source/but has
limitations
• 1. Over represents the lower classes
• 2. Amateur thefts, minor assaults are not
as likely to be reported to the police.
• 3. Believed that nearly Two-Thirds of U.S.
crimes are not reported at all.
• 4. Crime reporting varies from place to place
and crime to crime.
• 5. White-collar offenders are seldom
included
UCR definitions
• Robbery = the taking or attempting to
take anything of value from the care,
custody, or control of a person or
persons by force or threat of
force/violence.
Burglary
• The unlawful entry of a structure to
commit a felony or theft. The use of force
to gain entry is NOT required to classify
an offense as a burglary.
– Forcible entry
– Unlawful entry/no force
– Attempted forcible entry
Larceny-theft
• Unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding
away of property from the possession or
constructive possession of another. No
use of violence
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Shoplifting
Pocket-picking
Purse-snatching
Thefts from motor vehicles/parts
Bicycle thefts
National Crime Victimization
Survey
• Started in the 1970s
• Survey conducted by U.S. Census Bureau
for the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• NCVS has two advantages:
– Helps make up for the under reporting of
crime
– Its surveys are more scientifically sound that
methods used in the UCR.
NCVS
Conflict Theory
• The societal elites control the definition
(what constitutes a crime) process.
• Ruling class control all of the major
institutions in society
• Crimes committed mostly by the poor:
robbery, burglary, larceny, etc. carry
heavy penalties/sanctions
Conflict Theory
• Offenses most commonly committed by
elites:
– Dumping hazardous wastes (Corporations)
– Embezzlement
– Tax evasion
White-collar crimes carry lesser penalties.
Conflict Theory
• According to the U.S. Dept. of Justice:
the cost of white-collar crime are 18
times higher than the cost of street
crime.
Ex. Five times more Americans are
killed each year from illegal job conditions
than are murdered on the streets (2013).
Prisons for White collar crimes
are different….
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Privilege
• A right, immunity or benefit enjoyed only
by a person or persons beyond the
advantages of most people:
• Ex. The privileges of the very rich.