01:920:222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Shoplifting, Truancy, National Crime Victimization Survey

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: 01:920:222
• Professor: Professor Covington

Document Summary

Suggests crime is more widespread than in ucr. Most common offenses truancy (cutting class a lot), alcohol abuse, use of fake id, shoplifting, larceny. In class of 2010, 30% of seniors shoplifted and around 13% hurt someone enough that the person required medical attention: annual rates. R"s not report acts that they do not define as crime. Not say much about how low income inner city high schools. Surveys exclude truants and dropouts (unless they survey 10th graders) Many surveys do not ask about serious crimes (murder, dui) * verifying srd: testing for over and under-reporting. Compare incarcerated youth with normal youth in high school sample. Test twice to see if answers are consistent over time. Compare srd w/ official records to see if they match. When trivial items are excluded and only serious crimes are considered, they both agree that lower income have higher crime rates.