SOC212H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Uniform Crime Reports, General Social Survey, Juvenile Delinquency
Document Summary
The chapter 3: the nature and extent of crime. Report-sensitive crimes: willingness of the public to report the crime determines whether we know. Policing-sensitive crimes: crimes sensitive to law enforcement. Definition-sensitive crimes: crimes sensitive to legislative activity. Media-sensitive crimes: crimes sensitive to media attention. Real trends in the number of crimes in the society. Canadian centre for justice statistics (ccjs) collected info on crime reported by the police every year since 1962 through uniform crime report (ucr) survey. Ucr is an aggregate census based on reports from police, which is the basis for criminological research. Incident-based date: compared with aggregate (ucr) crime data, incident-based data provides data on specific factors, such as the location of the offence and the relationship between the offender and the victim. Incidence: the number of crimes reported to the police in a given time period: several terms to express crime data. Founded: crimes reported to police that are believed to be real.
