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What do Criminal statistics do and provide

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  • describing criminal phenomena accurately

- serve as a barometer of community well-being

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What do theories enable researchers to do

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Make testable predictions based on empirical data

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What is the most frequent source of official crime data

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Police Report

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Why do Criminologists need data

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Description, explanation, evaluation, risk assessment, and prediction

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What is the dark figure of crime

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crime that goes undetected, unreported, or unrecorded, and that is thus not included in official sources

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What are the two main sources of police statistics

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Uniform crime reporting and Canadian centre for justice statistics

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What is the Uniform crime reporting system

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system providing a continuous historical record of crime and traffic statistics reported by every agency in Canada since 1962

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What is the Canadian centre for Justices statistics?

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the agency responsible for collecting and compiling crime data on a wide range of criminological and criminal justice topics

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What are the three categories of police crime statistics

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Summary, indictable, and hybrid

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What is a hybrid offence

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crimes such as impaired driving and theft under 5000, which the Crown may choose to prosecute as either summary or indicatable

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What was the first type of official crime stats to be collected

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Court records

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in the early 19th c. what was collected along with the charges and convictions

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Offender’s sex, income, education, and occupation

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What was the primary source of national crime statistics from the late 1800s to the 60s

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Judicial statistics

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What are correctional statistics

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-Data on people being held in federal and provincial corrections facilities, including age, sex, offence, and prior conviction

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What does official crime data measure

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the responses of the police, the courts, and the correctional system to social behaviour with respect to a set of offence categories defined by the CC

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What are the factors affecting crime data

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Media coverage, dark figure of crime, changes in recording procedures

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How does media coverage affect crime data

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Media coverage of crime can influence crime counts. Focusing on certain crimes or crises draws public attention and affects the reporting rates

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5 reasons for under or over reporting

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  • changes in the number of police forces/officers
  • changes in police/court administration
  • changes in the legal definition of crime
  • changes in the population base
  • changes in public reporting patterns
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What is a victimization survey

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a data collection technique used to gather unofficial information from victims of crime on incidents that have usually occurred within a predefined period of time

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5 limitations of Crime Centre Justice Statistics

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oNo national information on court decisions
oThere are inconsistencies in the way provinces report and count their crime statistics
oData on crime incidents, arrests, charges, convictions, and dispositions lack depth
oReports provide little insight into crime and criminal behaviour
oThere are no reports on white-collar crime, organized crime, victimless crime, or other types of non-conventional crime

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What is unofficial crime data

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crime data not collected by official criminal justice agencies, including self-report studies, victimization surveys, and field observational data, usually used to elucidate existing official data and verify the validity of official sources

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Victimization surveys tap into ___

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Dark figure of crime

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Three stages essential to describing criminal events

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Precursors, Transactions, Aftermath

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Precursors

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situational factors that bring people together in time and space

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Transactions
interactions among participants that define the outcomes
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Aftermath
consequences including public reaction
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7 Limitations of victimization surveys
oRespondents may forget about crimes oRespondents may be mistaken as to when the incident occurred oRespondents may not feel comfortable disclosing certain facts and/or details oRespondents may not fully understand the questions oThere may be variations in how different social groups of respondents reply to the questions oSurveys tend to be both time-consuming and costly oAcquiring stable estimates of less common crimes requires larger samples, which add to the already high cost
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Qualitative research
Research designed to study characteristics that cannot be measured or counted
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What are the two most common observational methods
field and participant
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what is field observation
the objective is to collect data (i.e., observe people or conduct interviews) about a phenomenon in the environment in which it occurs
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what is participant observation
involves a researcher taking part in the activity or social group under study
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Advantages of observational data (3)
o The activity itself, the activities surrounding it and their meaning o The dynamics of the participants and their interrelationships o The setting is general
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Limitations of observational data (4)
oThe data are subjective oSample sizes tend to be considerably smaller and as a result, there is no allowance for generalizations beyond the study group oSome observational techniques are used in ways that have raised serious ethical questions oIt tends to be much more labour-intensive than administering victimization or self-report surveys
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Basic guidelines observational studies (4)
oNever harm participants oEnsure the participation is voluntary oMaintain the anonymity and confidentiality of participants oBe honest at all stages of the study
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Triangulation
The use of multiple data sources or research methods to investigate a topic, with the goal of producing more reliable findings
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Hypothesis
An idea or assertion about a phenomenon, a situation, or a relationship between variables that a researcher sets out to prove or disprove
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4 Aims of Research
Discovery, Demonstration, Refutation, Replication
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Victimology
A sub-field of criminology that focuses on the relationship between victims and perpetrators of crimes, against the backdrop of social institutions such as the criminal justice system.
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What did early researchers focus on in terms of victimization and what did this lead to
the relationship between perpetrators and their victims, led to blaming the victim
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What happened in early Germanic law
those who caused the injury or death of a person were required to pay compensation, known as wergild to victims or their families and clans
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What was the germanic law system replaced by
harsh physical punishment
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Purpose of victimization surveys
To ask respondents whether they have been the victim of a crime (usually within a fixed period of time, such as the previous year) and info about their victimization experience
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Advantages of victimization surveys
Offer insights such as: prevalence (extent and distribution of selected crimes), the impact of selected crimes, such as injury and cost to victims, dark figure of crime, risk of victimization, victim’s perception of the functioning and effectiveness of various aspects of the CJS
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Disadvantages of Victimization surveys (4)
oSometimes provides more questions than answers oCannot tell about perpetrators oVictimization not evenly distributed among society oIndividuals who are more difficult to reach, such as those with no fixed address and no (mobile) phone access, or those who are hospitalized or incarcerated, are rarely included in such surveys.
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What did the Violence Against Women Survey examine and focus on
Examined women’s safety inside and outside the home, Focused on issues such as sexual harassment, sexual violence, physical violence, perceptions of fear.
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Does fear of crime increase or decrease with age
Increase
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Does the risk of victimization increase or decrease with age
Decreases
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Are people more commonly victims of sexual abuse on the home or outside of the home
In the home
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Are children more likely to be sexually abused by people they know or strangers
people they know
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What does age correlate with?
Lifestyle and victimization
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Are women or men more likely to be victims of theft
women
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what specific types of assaults and violence are often underreported
sexual assaults and spousal violence
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How does household income correlate with crime
The higher a household’s income, the more inviting its contents will be to prospective offenders. Thieves are more attracted to valuable possessions
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Common-law versus marriage, which had more violent victimizations
common-law
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In Canada, are crime statistics broken down by ethnic background or perpetrators
Nope
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Who is disproportionately more likely to be street checked
Indigenous women and black people
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Victim precipitation theory
The theory that some people make themselves targets for victimization, through their actions or inaction
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Correlation of culpability (imputability)
the extent of the victim's contribution to the crime
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What did Schafer argue about Hentig's typology
Hentig’s typology was more sophisticated because it recognized the interaction of biological, psychological, and sociological factors that contribute to victimization
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Hentig proposes that victims are made, there are four types
Young victims, female victims, minority victims, tormentor victims
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What is secondary victimization
The further victimization that occurs, not as a direct result of the criminal act, but through the responses of individuals and/or institutions with whom the victim has contact
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8 Ways that a victim's experience may be compounded into secondary victimization
Their experience may be blatantly rejected as victimization Police may act intrusively or inappropriately The process of criminal investigation and trial can be confounding and harmful The victim perceives difficulties in balancing their rights with those of the accused The hurried schedule of the emergency room may affect a sexual assault victim’s privacy or sense of dignity Doctors may not recognize or acknowledge spouse abuse Spiritual leaders may try to guide victims to forgiveness before they’re ready The media may me intrusive or inappropriate
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What is the lifestyle model
some people experience a greater risk of being victims of crime because of their lifestyle habits and patterns of behaviour
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What are the three related hypotheses that have been derived
Equivalent groups hypothesis, proximity hypothesis, deviant place hypothesis
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What is equivalent groups hypothesis
the offender and victim share certain characteristics
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Proximity hypothesis
some people place themselves at risk by choosing a high-risk lifestyle
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Deviant place hypothesis
some areas are simply more conducive to criminal activity than others
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What is routine activities theory
-The risk of victimization increases when there is o Presence of motivated offender(s) o Availability of suitable targets o Absence of capable guardians
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What are the four main rights for victims outlined in the Victims Bill of Rights Act
o The right to information o The right to protection o The right to participation o The right to restitution
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What is a victim impact statement
A statement presented by the victim (or a spokesperson) during sentencing to inform the court of the personal impact of the offender’s behaviour

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