Crime

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Crime

• When we talk about crime we deal primarily with
• Types of Crime
• Types of Victims
• Types of Punishment
• Types of Criminals

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Types of Crime

• Homicide
• Rape
• Robbery
• Assault
• Burglary
• Theft

• Organized
• White-collar
• Occupation
• Corporate
• Victimless

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Types of Punishment

• Courts
• Retribution
• Deterrence
• Rehabilitation
• Incapacitation
• Corrections
• Vigilante

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Types of Criminals

• We typically divide criminal activity by the
  various factors that identify criminals.
• This behavior is often called profiling.
• Four ways to profile include
• Race
• Age
• Gender
• Class

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Crime Index By Race Per CJIS
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Who Commits Crime in CA?

• About 35 percent of violent victimization
  involved an offender who was under the influence
  of alcohol. (1 in 5 also involved drug use on the
  part of the offender.)
• Victims identified intimates as offenders in 11
  percent of violent crimes, robberies and simple
  assaults.
• The proportion of crimes committed by juveniles
  as reported in victimization surveys changed
  little since 1980.
• Males are much more likely to be the victims of a
  stranger in assault and robbery offenses.
• Females are equally likely to be victimized by an
  intimate as by an acquaintance or stranger.

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Violent Crime Statistics, CA1960-2000Numbers
taken from Rothstein Disaster Recovery
Centerhttp//www.disastercenter.com/crime/cacrime
.htm
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Vehicle Theft
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Larceny Theft
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Forcible Rape
11
Aggravated Assault
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Murder
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Robbery