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| A specific act of commission or omission in violation of the law for which a punishment is prescribed. |
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| Priorities and actions developed by government to use public resouces as a means to deal with issues affecting society. |
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| A model of the criminal justice system that assumes freedom is so important that every effort must be made to repress crime; it emphasizes efficiency, speed, finality and the capacity to apprehend try, convict, and dispose of a high proportion |
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| A model of the criminal justice system that assumes freedom is so important that every effort must be made to ensure that criminal justice decisions are based on reliable information; it emphasizes the adversarial process, the rights of defendents and formal decision making procedures. |
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| Offenses that are wrong by their very nature |
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| Offenses prohibited by law but not wrong in themselves. |
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| An offense against person or property that is committed primarily by members of the lower class. Often referred to as "street crime" or "ordinary crime" this type of offense is the one most upsetting to the public. |
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| Serious crimes usually carryig a penalty of incarceration for more than one year or the death penalty |
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| Offenses less serious than felonies and usually punishable by incarceration of no more than one year, probation or intermediate sanctions. |
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| Criminal offense committed through opportunities created in a legal business or occupation. |
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| A framework for the perpetration of criminal acts - usually in fields such as gambling, drugs, and prostitution - providing illegal services that are in great demand |
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| Moving the proceeds of criminal activities through a maze of business, banks, and brokerage accounts in order to disguise origin. |
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| Offense involving a willing and private exchange of illegal goods or services that are in strong demand. Participants do not feel they are being harmed, but these crimes are prosecuted on the groung that society as a whole is being injured. |
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| An act, usually done for ideological purposes, that constitues a threat against the state (such as treason, sedation, or espionage) or criminal act by the state. |
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| Offenses that involve the use of one or more computers |
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| The theft of social security numbers, credit card numbers, and other information in order to secure loans, withdrawl bank funds, and purchase merchandise while posing as someone else, the unsuspecting victim who whill eventually be charged for these financial transactions |
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| A metephor referring to the dangerous dimension of crime that is never reported to the police |
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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 Agency NIBRS |
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| A reporting system in which the police describe each offense in a crime incident, together with data dezcribing the offender, victim and property |
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National Crime Victimization Surveys NCVS |
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| Interviews of samples of the U.S. population conducted bu the Bureau of Justice Statistics to determine the number and types of criminal victimizations and thus the extent of unreported as well as reported crimes. |
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