CRIMJ 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: National Incident Based Reporting System, National Crime Victimization Survey, Arson
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Archive: a written, audiotaped, or recorded record. Criminal justice records: police records, persecutor records, judicial decisions, court records. Studies with a manipulation or treatment to observe outcomes. Examples include: criminal justice policies and practices, roles or research subjects, survey, environmental setting. Stages of field research studies: getting in, becoming invisible, watching, learning, listening, note taking, departure, analysis, writing. Researchers fulfill one of three roles: complete observer, participant observer, complete participant. May focus on a specific typical criminal. May focus on a specific criminal event. Dark figure of crime : crime that is unknown to the police. Includes part i offenses: homicide, rape, burglary, assault, motor vehicle threat, arson (added in 1979) The crime clock : how frequently crime occurs. Collects information from u. s residents about victimization. Created in 1972, funded by the bureau of justice statistics. Created in late 1980s, and administered by fbi. Nibrs includes information on rape incidences occurring from all genders.