CRM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Masculinity, Community Cohesion, Shared Belief
28 Mar 2017
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All the introductory theories can be applied to violent crime. White collar crimes are injuries to status, mental. Violent crimes are physical injuries or so it is labeled as. Comes in many forms all that result in the physical injury of people. Contains restrictive as well as narrow definitions - threaten or inflicting harm. Their definition includes a policy reason for either broadening the definition or narrowing it depending on compensation and who can be included. Broadened enough to include non reported incidents and narrow enough to exclude drunk drivers. Public policy decision on the amount awarded. General social survey (gss) includes unreported crime ( dark figures ) Uniform crime report (ucr) has a narrow take on what violence" includes. Different people look to different definitions for information and it varies; surveyors vs police. Multi-causal explanations and theories of causes if violent crime. The code of the street and gun violence.
