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| those behaviors defined by law as so harmful that individuals proven to have undertaken them should be punished by law |
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| Priorities and actions develloped by gob't to use public resources as a means to deal with issues affecting society. |
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| practices tht have proven to be effective in research studies. |
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| emphasizes efficiency and speed. the cpacity to apprehend try and convict with a high proportion of offenders. |
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| freedom is so important that every effort must ensure that criminal justice decisions are based on good info. emphasizes the adversarial process the rights of defendants and formal decision making procedures |
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| wrong in themselfes (i.e. Rape) |
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| illegal but not wrong in itself |
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| serious resulting in jailtime of over a year. |
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| not as serious; jail time under a year or probation |
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| "street crime." (i.e. shoplifting to murder) |
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| robberies, injuries, homicide |
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| property is damaged or stolen |
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| public drunkeness; threaten societies well being and make citizens fearful. |
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| willing exhange of illegal goods. no one was forced. |
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| crimes within or against the gov't |
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| created through oppourtunities in business |
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| framework for cimincal acts or illegal services |
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| moving the money of criminal activities to bank accounts or other people. |
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| criminal activities across borders |
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| offenses that involve computers |
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| taking social security nunbers to get money and info. |
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| metaphor reffering to the significant yet undefined extent of crime that is never reported |
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| uniform crime reports (UCR) |
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| annually published statistical summary of crimes reported to the police, based on voluntary reports to the FBI by local state and federal law enforcement agencies. |
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| National Incident Based reporting system (NIBRS) |
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| police descrive each offense in a crime incident, together with data descriving the offender, victim, and property. |
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| National crime victimization surveys |
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| interviews of households to determine nuber and types of crimes occurring. reported and unreported |
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| field of criminology that examines the role th evictim plays in precipitating a criminal incident and the impact of crimes on victims. |
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| approach to understanding the unequal distribution of crime/victimization that examines the different exposure to crime of demographic groups based on where they life/work and engage in leisure activites. |
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| routine activities theory |
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| variation of the life style approach that sees crime arise in times and place where there is a converence of specific elements: motivated offenders, suitable victims, and a lack of capable guardians. |
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| victimization by more than one crime during a relatively shroty period of time |
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| victimization of an individual or household more than once over a long period of time. |
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| the role of victims in fostering the context or triggering the action that lef to their victimization in a crime |
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