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Pregunta 1
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Criminal justice System produces huge amounts of raw data such as:
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police reports & records, court decisions
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prisoners information
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administrative records of prisons & penitentiaries
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decisions of parole & probation officials
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victim services
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CJS records are not statistics. they are concerned with individual cases (e.g. the offender) and help practitioners make decisions about these cases
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- True
- False
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Statistics are aggregated- concerned with what is common among many individual cases - they provide info about planning & evaluation, policy & program development & theory building & testing
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- True
- False
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Quantitative data:
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relating to the measurement of something- numeric form
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relating to the reasons why something happens
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Qualitative Data:
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based on measurements
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not based on measurement but an exploration of the reasons for human behaviour and the qualities of subjective experience
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Controversies over counting crime:
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coverage, reliability, validity, & methodology
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crime rate measured by police-reported data not reliable or valid statistics (they underestimate the actual level of crime)
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counting crime is easy knowledge
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Crime Stats:
-[blank_start]34%[blank_end] decrease in [blank_start]Crime Rate[blank_end] since 1998
-[blank_start]12.6%[blank_end] increase in [blank_start]drug crimes[blank_end] since 1998
-[blank_start]28.9%[blank_end] decrease in [blank_start]violent crimes[blank_end] since 2000
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34%
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30%
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40%
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43%
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28%
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Crime Rate
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drug offences
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violence
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sexual crimes
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12.6%
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11.7%
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12.9%
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13%
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drug crimes
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crime rates
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sexual crimes
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robberys
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28.9%
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30%
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35%
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25%
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violent crimes
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sexual crimes
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armed robbery
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theft crimes
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property crimes
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3 dominant ways to count crime or describe crime patterns:
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official (police-reported) statistics
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victim blaming
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victimization surveys
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self-reported studies
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self-measured examples
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"crimes known to police" are commonly used crime stats
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- True
- False
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The Uniform Crime Report (UCR):
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intended to standardize the collection & assembly of police-reported crime statistics from across Canada
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stats generated by UCR are less than perfect due to variations in records and interpreting crime between different departments
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implemented in 1962
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all of the above
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2 versions of the UCR:
1. UCR [blank_start]aggregate[blank_end] (UCR 1.0) Survey: collects summary data for [blank_start]100[blank_end] separate criminal offences
2. UCR [blank_start]Incident-Based[blank_end] (UCR 2.0) Survey: collects more [blank_start]detailed information[blank_end] on each incident, victims & accused
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aggregate
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100
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Incident-Based
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detailed information
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[blank_start]Seriousness[blank_end] rule in UCR statistics *important*:
- only the most serious crime is scored in an incident involving [blank_start]several[blank_end] crimes
Implications:
-deflates total crime count
-[blank_start]inflates[blank_end] serious crimes as % of total
-not enough qualitative data about crimes are recorded
-crime categories are too [blank_start]general[blank_end]
-does not differentiate between indictable and summary offences (gross counts of crime are [blank_start]misleading[blank_end])
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Seriousness
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several
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inflates
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general
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misleading
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UCR Distortions:
Police [blank_start]less[blank_end] likely to write an official report if:
1. situation can be dealt with through [blank_start]warning[blank_end] (e.g. confiscation of illicit goods)
2. close [blank_start]relationship[blank_end] between victim and perp
Police [blank_start]more[blank_end] likely to write a report if:
1. victim is of [blank_start]higher[blank_end] social status (differential toward police)
2. police are engaged in ant-crime campaign (maintenance crackdown)
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less
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warning
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relationship
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more
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higher
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UCR 2 adopted in 1982 to address issues associated with original UCR:
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added arson to category of property crime
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added new categories of crime including criminal harassment
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allows for better collection of information regarding multiple offences stemming from the same criminal event (original UCR seriousness rule)
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is better
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the Crime Severity Index (CSI):
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addresses the matter of the crime rate being driven by high volumes of less serious offences
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calculated by assigning each offence by weight (from sentenced given in court)
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more serious the average sentence, greater the weight
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more serious offences have greater impact on CSI
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dark figure of crime refers to the amount of crime that is not reported to the police and is therefore not reflected in the UCR
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- True
- False
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according to the General Social Survey (GSS) ([blank_start]victimization survey[blank_end]) [blank_start]2/3 (two thirds[blank_end]) of crimes are not reported to the police
GSS provides information on crimes not reported and why
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victimization survey
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2/3 (two thirds
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why victims don't report crime:
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feel crimes arent important enough
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think there is nothing police can do
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retaliate and plan revenge
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deal with the crime in another way
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they don't want to go to court
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which of the following is NOT TRUE of victimization surveys?
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a sample of people are asked via a questionnaire survey if they have been a victim of crime
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captures many crimes not included in UCR data
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victims can be asked to describe their victimization, if it was reported, the response they got, and their feelings of safety regarding the CJS
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they are not anonymous, everyone is identified
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Criminal victimization in Canada 2009 highlights:
[blank_start]25%[blank_end] of respondents reported being a victim of crime in past 12 months
[blank_start]70%[blank_end] of offences were non-violent
[blank_start]31%[blank_end] who were victimized reported it to police
rates [blank_start]stable[blank_end] between 2004 and 2009
violent crimes & household victimization are [blank_start]higher[blank_end] in Western Canada
[blank_start]93%[blank_end] felt somewhat or very satisfied with their personal safety
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25%
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20%
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30%
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27%
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80%
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70%
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75%
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60%
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31%
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32%
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35%
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40%
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increased
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stable
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decreased
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higher
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lower
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the same
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93%
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95%
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92%
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90%
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Limitations of Victimization surveys include:
-not all crimes are captured (e.g. murder)
-[blank_start]Consensual crimes[blank_end] are generally not captured by either police-reported UCR data or victimization surveys
-[blank_start]Telescoping[blank_end]: unintentionally remembering prior victimization incidents outside the survey time framework
-[blank_start]Memory Fade[blank_end]: unintentionally forgetting victimization incident inside the survey time framework
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Consensual crimes
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Telescoping
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Memory Fade
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Self-Reported studies over come some of the weaknesses of police data and victimization surveys
-they contribute to research and theories on the causes of [blank_start]crime & delinquency[blank_end] (social class & crime)
-people are willing to report crimes in self-report survey (can produce valid and reliable results)
Limitations to this:
-some demographic groups are more apt to criminal behaviour
-more likely to report [blank_start]minor[blank_end] infractions and downplay serious ones
-serious and chronic offenders difficult to survey
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crime & delinquency
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minor
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according to general approaches to crime stats, the Positivist Perspective:
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is a positive outlook on the crime severity
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tends to accept the notion that the criminal code is a reflection of societal consensus about what is and is not criminal behaviour - reasonable to rely upon crime statistics generated by governmental agencies or the CJS
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means a positive approach to crime solving
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none of the above
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Structuralist perspective questions the relevance of crime statistics
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- True
- False
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Constructionist perspective:
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argues the identification, coding & counting of crime is a social process
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police produce crime stats by choosing which calls warrant a police response, exercising discretion (dealing with situations formally or without charges) and being involved in proactive or reactive policing styles
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means we construct our ideas of crime and counting crime from media and older models
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all of the above
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Integrationist Perspective:
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focuses on development of and changes to laws (whose interests are served)
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analyzes how crime stats are socially constructed & how social factors guide that process
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explains crimes integration process to society
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has to do with rapid change
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