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cohort research |
observing a group of people who share a like characteristic over time, collecting data from educational, family police and hospital records |
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FBI's uniform crime report |
the best known and most widely cited source of official criminal statistics |
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conflict view of crime |
the conflict view depicts society as a collection of diverse groups who are in constant and continuing conflict |
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victim precipitation |
some people may actually initiate the confrontation that eventually lead to their injury or death |
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deviant behavior |
an action or behavior that violates social norms, values, and beliefs but is not always criminal |
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victimologist |
criminologist who focus on crime victims |
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lifestyle theory |
people may become crime victims because their lifestyle increases their exposure to criminal offenders |
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crime rate higher first of the month |
payday July-august below 85 Christmas time |
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victim impact statement |
a written or oral statement made as part of the judicial legal process, which allows crime victims the opportunity to speak during the sentencing of their attacker or at subsequent parole hearings |
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megan's law |
an informal name of laws in the United states requiring law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders |
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penology |
the study of punishment of crime and of prison management |
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percentage of cases that are cleared by arrests |
47% of violent crime 19% of property crime |
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ecology of crime |
patterns in the crime rate seem to be linked to temporal and ecological factors |
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criminology |
explains the origin of crime explains the extent and nature of crime in society |
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criminal justice |
the study of the agencies of social control |
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deviant place theory |
the greater their exposure to dangerous places, the more likely people will become victims of crime and violence |
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government and institutional funding |
a large influence on the direction and nature of criminological research |
