01:920:222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Corporate Crime, The Chronic, Homicide
4 Apr 2016
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Far more crimes measured on ncvs compared to cvs. Because victims are more likely to report crimes. Businesses, homeless, and prisoners are not accounted for. Violent crimes: 26% of the total ncvs victimizations compared to 12% on ucr. How does u. s compare to other developed nations. U. s homicide rate is 2. 5-5 times higher than most other industrialized nations. England has higher knife related crime compared to u. s. a. U. s is slightly above average in nation wide victimization. U. s has slightly below average in severe crimes (robbery, sexual assault, assault) Violent crime has overall decreased in the last ten years (2004 v. 2014) Serious violent crime has also overall decreased in last ten years (2004 v. 2014) Property victimization has also overall decreased in last yen years (2004 v. 2014) Steady decrease in violent and property crimes in last twenty years (1994 v. 2014) Crime rates tend to decrease when at prosperous times and wartime economies.
