Essays Tagged: "Crime statistics"
Juvenile Crime (Crime Rates)
It is comforting to know that, according to recent crime statistics, crime rates are dropping among adults. However, for teens the crime rate is soarin ... 14 and 17. This age group surpassed the 18 - 24-year-old group in the early Oe90¹s as the most crime-prone. (Between 1986 and 1991, 18 - 24 showed a 62% increase in homicides; 14 - 17 showed a 12 ... ently 39 million under 10).However, the American Civil Liberties Union, in a fact sheet on juvenile crime published in mid May of this year, stated that contrary to public perception, the percentage o ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Race and Crime
"The Uniform Crime Report statistics state that blacks are more frequently arrested than whites. While this may m ... acks are more frequently arrested than whites. While this may mean that blacks actually commit more crime, what are some other factors that may be driving the statistics?""If black neighborhoods are u ... neighborhoods are under more police surveillance than white neighborhoods, what does this mean for crime statistics?""Can you give examples of how blacks receive differential treatment in the crimina ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
How would you explain Domestic Violence?
an intimate or family-type relationship and forms a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour. Crime statistics and research both show that domestic violence is gender specific, usually the perpe ... person believes they are entitled to control another. Assault, battering and domestic violence are crimes.Acts of domestic violence generally fall into one or more of the following categories:Physica ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
Outline and assess the importance of victim surveys for sociological understanding of crime and deviance.
There are many problems associated with the police recording of crime statistics, the main problem being that many crimes go unreported. As an alternative it was su ... As an alternative it was suggested that a cross section of the population should be asked about the crimes that have been commited against them. It was argued that more people would be likley to repor ... ey to report crimes to an anonymous survey than to the police.There are several reasons why so many crimes go unreported. Some people may be too shocked or ashamed to report a crime, such as in cases ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
'The official criminal statistics are an accurate measure of the extent and seriousness of crime. Discuss'
ics have always been found as unable to become an accurate measure of the extent and seriousness of crime. With all the different hidden types, along with many classifications and perspectives of crim ... ncident is reported to the police (even one which, on the surface at least, appears to qualify as a crime) does not ensure that it will be recorded as a crime" (Coleman and Moynihan, 1996:34).Issues s ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Campus Security-Rearch paper for Criminal Justice class CCJS451. Outlines need for more security at U of Maryland
hefts, 136 drug related arrests, and 9 illegal weapons possession arrests on Maryland's campus (UMD Crime Statistics). These statistics represent only on campus incidents and have varied tremendously ... rity precautions implemented over the past years.Universities have taken many precautions to battle crime on and around campus. "One of the newest techno-trends on American college and university camp ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
An assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of Quantitative research methods.
ive data is numerically and statistically based. Examples of objective data are divorce statistics, crime statistics and opinion polls; the bias of the researcher is irrelevant as long as he/she doesn ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Criminal Justice
with the criminal justice system."By definition, overrepresentation only occurs when, for example, crime statistics show that acts of violence, car accidents, traffic violations, and other crimes are ... American and 400,000 are Hispanic/Latino. Minorities represent one third of those arrested for drug crimes, but two-thirds of those sent to prison.Most people believe that whites and racial minorities ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
"Broken Windows"
A community perception of crime is more important than the actual presence off crime. More officers patrolling a neighborhood ... orhoods. This shows an excellent example of community control when an effective plan is implemented.Crime rates do not have to be down to give a strong presence of neighborhood safety. Officers who pa ... regulars" and development a bond with officers. These bonds allow the resident to feel safe despite crime rates statistics.Officers walking beats had higher morale, greater job satisfaction, and a mor ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Symposium
Do Crime Statistics Lie? Statistics can be used in many ways. Through the proper collection and ... en the same will be true of your statistics. In this essay I will be looking specifically at crime statistics. I will try to establish whether or not they give us a true representation of the l ... y's society. Before I can answer this however I feel it is important to look at where from, and how crime data is collected. Crime data comes from two general sources, observations and reports ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
UCR
There are many ways to estimate crime in the United States. The Uniform Crime Report (UCR), The National Incident-Based Reporting Sy ... l Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and Self-Report Surveys are all ways to see the trends in crime. All of these systems have plus' and negatives, and they all show the same type of data, but i ... they all show the same type of data, but it is gathered in different ways. Also what we know about crime rates and what makes them fluctuate is also very important.The UCR is the "most widely cited s ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Ucr vs. ncvs
Uniform Crime Report vs. National Crime Victimization Survey Arguments over crime statistics have existed ev ... crime statistics have existed ever since governments began counting criminal activity. The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) are two methods in which the g ... hich the government collects data, and monitors criminal activity in the United States. The Uniform Crime Reports and the National Crime Victimization Survey have both positive and negative attributes ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty
Big Cities Vs. Small Towns
stress in a small town because there is no rush like there is in the big cities. There is also less crime in a small town. In a small town, there is a lot of open space, you don?t have to worry about ... ays.There is a lot of disadvantages in living in a big city. In a big city, you have to worry about crime. In a small town, you don?t have to worry about getting robbed. There is also a problem with p ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Statistics on crime in America confirm what we all know:
Statistics on crime in America confirm what we all know: We live in an increasingly violence-ridden society. Accor ... all know: We live in an increasingly violence-ridden society. According to the most recent Uniform Crime Reports statistics (U.S. Department of Justice, 1994), 1,924,188 violent crimes (i.e., murder, ... ted assault) were reported to law enforcement officials in 1993. This number represents 746 violent crimes per 100,000 persons. Of violent crimes committed, 59% involved aggravated assault, 34% robber ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty
Forced Drug Testing
When crime statistics in America are reviewed, a much higher percentage of crimes are related to illicit ... alcohol problems related to criminal offenders and if illicit drugs or alcohol played a role in the crime that was committed.References: America?s Courts and the Criminal Justice System; David W. Neub ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Crime rates in the United States during World War II
Crime in the United States is a fascinating phenomenon. It has changed throughout time and history. ... . It has changed throughout time and history. It evolved and progressed. There are visible waves in crime rates in the American history; this is often caused by changes in the economy, political situa ... ; this is often caused by changes in the economy, political situation as well as unemployment rate. Crime rates can also depend on the demographics of the area being studied. These are the several var ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights
Criminal justice system
to the population at large. There are more blacks than whites in prison because blacks commit more crimes and whites get away with more crimes. There are also more blacks in prison for another reason ... iscrepancy between the day to day living conditions of many blacks versus whites, you might say the crime statistics go with the territory, or more accurately, the neighborhood. If you are poor, unedu ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Capital Punishment
all have. Nevertheless, the death penalty is much better way to punish the perpetrators of serious crimes (Lauren, Malhorta and Kapoor, 2010). That is why it has some advantages than disadvantages.In ... n disadvantages.IntroductionCapital punishment is the action against the person who commits capital crime. It is also known as death penalty (Lauren, Malhorta and Kapoor, 2010). Capital Punishment is ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Is the relationship between drugs and crime a causal one?
Is the relationship between drugs and crime a causal one?Many leading criminologists, analysts and scholars have written on the subject of ... inologists, analysts and scholars have written on the subject of the relationship between drugs and crime, but few have categorically agreed on one answer. Drugs and crime are very often found togethe ... g to explain the relationship. Is the relationship causal? If so, which way around? Drug use causes crime, or crime causes drug use? Are there other ways in which they are related, for example a commo ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Corporal Punishment in the Educational Setting
0Florida.3Seven of these states have below average graduation rates. The SAT scores and the crime statistics in these states showed no significant improvement when compared to states where cor ... http://www.corpun.comDinkes, R., Cataldi, E.F., Kena, G., and Baum, K. (2006). Indicators of School Crime and Safety:2006 (NCES 2007-003/NCJ 214262). U.S. Departments of Education and Justice.Washingt ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education