CRIM 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sepsis, Nephritis, Burglary
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Mala in se offenses: bad in itself, most people agree they are bad/wrong, victim of some sort, ex. murder, rape, theft, etc. Property part 1 offenses: burglary, larceny theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, part ii offenses. Clearance rate: arrest, police know and arrested who did it, exceptional means, know who did it but not arrested (person left country, person died, etc. ) Arrest statistics: gender, race, not ethnicity, age, minor/adult, key us statistics. Violent crimes: almost 8 times more property crimes known to the police in the us than violent crimes, murder/homicide is the crime cleared at the highest rate, robbery at the lowest rate, less than half of violent crimes are cleared, violent crimes are cleared at a much higher rate than property crimes. Gender and crime from ucr stats: forcible rape 99. 1% males*, not possible by definition at the time, . 9% comes from unknown or mistakes, larceny theft 56. 9% males, prostitution/commercial vice 32. 3% males, murder 88. 7% males.
