CRM/LAW C127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: National Crime Victimization Survey, Motor Vehicle Theft, Assault
22 Mar 2019
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Economic the media (or political and legislative activity) Our understanding of crime is often less informed by data and more informed by. Even when the media present credible social science data on crime, it often does. Main sources of us crime data so in ways that are misleading. Collects info on 8 categories of crimes reported by police. Objective is to provide a reliable set of cj statistics for law enforcement administration, operation, and management. It only reps crime known to the police . Often referred to as the dark figure in crime or the tip of the iceberg . Thus, stats based on police dept counts of citizen complaints about being victimized, and to a lesser extent, the number of crimes witnessed by police. Depends heavily upon the process by which crime-related complaints are made. Captures crimes not known to the police .
