...Juvenile Crime Statistics Juvenile Crime Statistics Law enforcement agencies like to figure out statistics whether it be for adults or juveniles. Statistics give law enforcement agencies an overall view of the rates, whether rates increased or decreased and also allows law enforcement agencies to show the people what is going on. Statistics for juveniles are just as important as they are for adults. Arrest statistics is one set of statistics law enforcement agencies track. “Arrest statistics report the number of arrests that law enforcement agencies made in a given year” (Puzzanchera, 2008). Males, females, race and ethnicity are different categories arrests rates are tracked and viewed. When tracking arrest rates law enforcement agencies can also see what crime more arrests happen for. Juvenile statistics show law enforcement agencies and society how the juveniles are doing when it comes to arrests. Overall Decrease in Juvenile Arrests Juveniles are being arrested every day for multiple reasons. When juveniles are arrested society does not hear anything about it because when a juvenile is arrested or involved in any sort of situation with law enforcement it is kept confidential to protect the juvenile. Juvenile arrests statistics for a given year show whether juvenile arrests increased or decreased from previous years and the overall goal is for the rates to decrease. “In 2008, law enforcement agencies in the United States made an estimated 2.11 million arrests of...
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...Statistics show that violence related to guns is the second-leading cause of teenage and young adult death in industrialized areas (Murnan, J., Dake, J A, & Price, J H 2004). What they don’t tell is the statistics for the amount of self defense and other non-violent cases are involved. Moorhouse and Wanner state that the rate of gun related homicide is over 50 percent but the variable to what the cause of the homicide is not present (Moorhouse and Wanner, 2006). FBI releases a report that gives these types of statistics, but they don’t tell you are the opposite of these. The amount of guns owned by Americans has increased 51% over the past two years, with this the total violent crime has decreased 21%, the murder has decreased 28%, the amount of robberies has decreased 43%, and the amount of aggravated assaults have decreased 13% (National Rifle Association, 2008). Even though most homicidal violence is caused by firearms, not all deaths are related to the misuse of firearms. Which is why I don't believe that it is fair to take people’s right to bear arms because it is a constitutional right as well as personal protection. Every family has at least one member that owns a firearm of some sort based on statistics. Some are used for sport and some for protection. I believe the biggest role of a firearm is personal protection. According to the National Rifle Association 76% of all Americans fall victim to some sort of violent crime at least once in their lifetimes (National...
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...Are women more law-abiding then men? Why or why not? By Tayla Batten In most societies of the past and present, women are perceived as being inferior and passive. Women are biologically seen to be emotional, docile, nurturing and quite dependent on the male partner, while men are seen to be aggressive, arrogant, dominant and independent. (Lombroso, 1998) Cesare Lombroso, one of the earliest theorists of female criminality based his theory purely on a strict biological point of view. Lombroso stated “females are less inclined to commit crimes because women are more conservative, they are less exposed to society since their duties are mainly in the household, which gives them less of an opportunity to commit crimes, and because their brains are less developed than males, which causes them to act more primitive.” (Lombroso, 1998) When a female commits a violent and brutal crime, it come’s as a shock to society because women are not expected to be criminals, and therefore they are labeled ‘mad not bad’ according to Lee Bryant, author of ‘Feminism and Crime’. Lee Bryant argues, “The perception that women may be ‘mad’ because they ‘dared to go against their natural biological givens such as ‘passivity’ and a ‘weakness of compliance’ ‘appears to originate from the view that women who conform as pure, obedient daughters, wives and mothers benefit society and men”. (Bryant, 2000) Lombroso’s theory looks at that characteristics of the offender and determines that the female offender...
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...Introduction This Report has been written for the community of Lowville. The Lowville constabulary has recently released their yearly crime statistics. This report is aimed at showing residents that crime statistics do not necessarily report on the true level of crime experienced within a community. This report will provide an overview of how the statistics are collated by the various agencies and how they are represented to the general public. Following this, the report will set out an explanation of what the limitations to the crime statistics are and how they are represented within the media. The reader will be made aware to what the effect of changing stats at local and governmental levels and the terminology for these changes, later...
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...Outline and assess the usefulness of official statistics in measuring crime. Official statistics are a source of secondary data found in police records published by the Home Office, a government department responsible for law and order, since 1857. In order for a crime to appear two things must happen; the crime must be reported to the police and the crime must then be recorded by the police. People may be reluctant to report a crime to the police for a number of reasons; they could see the crime as trivial, they could have been blackmailed to remain silent, they could personally know the criminal, they could be scared to report the crime or they may be involved in the crime. Similarly, some crimes which are reported to the police may not be recorded as an official crime. This could be because the crime was too trivial, the police were too busy, the law was not in fact broken or because there was not enough evidence. The other alternatives to measuring crime rates include self-report studies and victim surveys, which now form part of the official crime statistics. Victim surveys involve asking a sample of the population what crimes they have been a victim of, in the previous 12 months. These are effective as they include crimes which may have not been recorded by the police. As well as measuring crime the Crime Survey for England and Wales, a victim survey conducted by the Office of National Statistics, looks at those most at risk of crime, people’s attitudes towards crime and...
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...WORKPLACE VIOLENCE: Criminology-CJ102-D04 December 3, 2003 THESIS: WORKPLACE AS IT RELATES TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE I INTRODUCTION: • Crime and violence • Workplace violence a major concern • The three entities involved II STATISTICS • The Bureau of Justice Statistics • Statistics from 1992 to 1996 • National Crime Victimization Survey and The Bureau of Labor Statistic III WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE • Responsibility of Law Enforcement • The impact and ramification • The direction of Law Enforcement IV WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A CORRECTIONAL ISSUE • Correctional facilities a breathing ground for violence • Domestic violence to workplace violence • Introduction of a new program V WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A PRIVATE SECURITY ISSUE • The direction of Professional security • The scope of Professional security • The challenge of Professional security INTRODUCTION Initially, when we consider crime and violence the average American may envision or think of the inner city streets, area populated by “lower class status”, and poor neighborhoods. They may even think of sub cultural conflict, or conflict overseas. Then when asked what causes violence, the average American may consider poverty, racial disparity, ineffective families, substance abuse, and the list goes on. In most cases the average American maybe right, in their estimate of crime and violence. However, we tend to avoid or exclude the issue of crime and violence in the workplace...
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...------------------------------------------------- Clarence Williams ------------------------------------------------- EN102 Outline for argument analysis: Arrested Development I. ------------------------------------------------- Introduction: * ------------------------------------------------- James Forman Jr. targets this article towards conservatives who oppose racial profiling * ------------------------------------------------- Claim: Forman claims that racial profiling is an ineffective way to enforce the law and should be stopped. ------------------------------------------------- II. Summary: "Arrested Development" by James Forman Jr. , is an article that looks at the issue of racial profiling. III. ------------------------------------------------- James Forman Jr. is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He is a graduate of Brown University and Yale law school * ------------------------------------------------- Yale faculty biographies ------------------------------------------------- IV. ------------------------------------------------- Forman aims this article towards conservatives which is a good choice because conservatives are color blind meaning they see people as equal. ------------------------------------------------- -Quote ------------------------------------------------- V. ------------------------------------------------- Forman appeals to the reader’s emotions by telling stories about the students of Maya...
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...Crime Statistic Sources The United States measures crime through two major statistical sources, the Federal Bureau of Investigations Uniform Crime Report/National Incident-Based Reporting System and the National Victimization Survey. Data from the two sources, although collected differently, show an array of crime data in the United States and is a method to monitor criminal activity. They both have positive and negative attributes that have influenced different aspects of society. It is important to remember that statistical aggregates of reporting crime, whatever the source, does not reveal the lost lives, human suffering, lessened productivity, and reduces quality of life that crime causes (Schmallager, 2011). The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the crime statistics of more than 16,000 law enforcement agencies (Schmallager, 2011). Congress created this program in 1930 and designated the FBI to implement the program (Schmallager, 2011). The programs primary objective is to generate a reliable set of criminal statistics for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management; however, its data have over the years become on of the country’s leading social indicators (national atlas, 2003). Citizens use these reports to see fluctuations in crime levels and law enforcement uses it for planning and crime prevention programs. Eight Part I offenses are included in the UCR Reports, also known as the Crime Index. The violent crimes are murder, forcible rape...
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...Jessie Snyder Prof. Ervin ENG/280 02/06/2016 Cyberbullying Introduction Here I will open with some statistics on cyberbullying and the number of cases that are reported per year. Also, why we need newer and stricter laws implemented against bullying crimes. I. Cyberbullying Definition, History, and Demographics a) Definition of cyberbullying and What other cybercrimes qualify under the category of cyberbullying such as cyber harassment b) History, when did cyberbullying begin c) What are some demographics such as gender, race, sexuality, etc… II. Statistics a) Statistics on how common cyberbullying is b) And the number of new cases each day to show the prevalence of the situation. c) Number of suicide cases related to cyberbullying each year. d) Show the reason we need harsher punishments to stop cyberbullying. III. Effects of cyberbullying a) Show how cyberbullying affects the nation as a whole. b) Show the effects that cyberbullying has on the victims. c) Will touch on a couple of cases from cyberbullying and the affect it had on the victim. IV. Laws on Cyberbullying a) I will show current law on cyberbullying and whether they are federal and/or state b) What new laws need to be implemented and why. c) How the age of the bully affect the punishment’ V. Internet security a) Why internet safety is need in this day and age b) New programs that are designed to stop cyberbullying...
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...one enters the most dangerous place in the world, the American Highway. Who is going to be the unsafe driver; will it be the 16 or 17-year-old or the 75-year-old. The young believe that they have enough experience to handle anything and the old cannot react fast enough. There is also the issue of drugs and alcohol or medications impairing the driver’s, young or old, abilities to drive in a safe manner. Statistics show that an elderly driver is more likely to receive fatal injuries in an accident because of age. Those same statistics show the young die because of excessive speed and lack of experience. The driving laws in the United States are not well defined in regard to teenage and elderly driving requirements; however, statistics clearly present an imperative need for these laws to be reviewed. The young driver, who has only had his or her license a short time, does not possess the experience of the older driver. The older driver does not have the reflexes that are required to react quickly. One assumes they are immortal and one believes they are infallible. Statistics reported from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) say that 15 % of all fatal accidents involving teen drivers are due to excessive speed, while only 5 % account for the elderly. The young drivers believe that they can handle the speed on a straight or winding stretch of road and have no fear of crashing. The lack of fear and experience make it hard to convince the young that they...
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...Essay #2 In the article Child Prostitutes: Criminals or Victims? By Susan L. Pollet she talks about child prostitution in the state of New York and how they need to change their laws and the way they handle child prostitutes. Pollet talks about how there isn’t a federal law for prostitution and how the minors involved in prostitution aren’t criminals, but victims in some cases. Pollet did a great job in this article by hitting all the main points that she would need to discuss to make this article a good piece to analyze. Pollet does a great job of giving background information on this subject, since most people who probably read this article aren’t living in the state of New York. In the part of her article titled background Pollet gives statistics on prostitution in the state of New York and its largest city NYC. Pollet uses the statistic that “The New York Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) estimates that there are 2,500 youth engaged in commercialized sex in New York City.” Pollet is then able to give us some laws that are in place now that help in stopping prostitution, but are the reasons that children are continuing to work in prostitution. I like how Pollet tells you all the laws that are in place against prostitution because it gives you knowledge about the subject and gives Pollet credibility. The next part of her article Pollet talks about the Services and Protection that are there now and need to be put in place to help these youth that are being...
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...range of methods and sources to study crime and official statistics can be an important source of information about crime. Although official statistics are often heavily criticised by sociologists they provide a potentially useful source of secondary data, if used cautiously. Official statistics have a number of apparent advantages to the sociological researcher. Firstly, they are relatively cheap and readily available. Government statistics are published annually; they provide data on crime across the whole of the UK and also provide insight into regional differences in crime. As such, official statistics can thus be regarded as providing a good starting point for researchers. Also, official statistics enable sociologists to make comparisons over time and between different parts of the country and between different types of area, e.g. rural/urban. For positivist sociologists (following Durkheim’s method), official crime statistics can be seen as providing a measure of crime which is representative, reliable and valid. Official statistics thus provide a true picture of the extent and nature of crime. Of course, those who support the use of official statistics – such as Roger Matthews and many other sociologists interested in influencing policy would recognise that crime statistics can be heavily criticised. However, those supporting the use of official statistics argue that the deficiencies of official statistics can be minimized by using self-report studies and victim...
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...percent, and also have 25.9 percent people have Bachelor’s degree or higher. In addition, Michigan has an average salary of jobs of $58,000. (Census.gov) Where these numbers came from? It is Statistics. “People cannot make research without statistics and analysis.”(Zeleke) Statistics is important and critical, it can solve for society problem. Nowadays, we have a lot of technological advancement, mobile technology and data in our daily life. The world becomes more and more complex. We need people to be proficient to understand all information out there. How do we process? What is important? How do we analyze the information and make the right decision? Now, there are lots of problem that we are facing: human, race, climate change, economics hardships, and political instability etc. For solving these problems, we need statistics and modeling. Statistics become more and more important; it is not only for statistician but also for everyone. Statistics not only help us organize the complicate data, but also help society. In other words, Statistics is also one of the strongest evidence; it can help people decide more things. Such as the research "Single statistic can strengthen public support for traffic safety laws." which given out four laws of the traffic, and given out the statistics of how the laws reduce risk to respondents. And as a result, if...
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...What are the major problems with regard to the collection of crime statistics? Discuss, within your answer, the weaknesses and strengths of the official crime statistics and British Crime Survey. Official crime statistics are secondary documentary sources which are most commonly based on figures from the police and the courts. These are then announced by the Home Office at a later date. Interactionists question the validity and reliability of official crime statistics as they state that official crime statistics greatly underestimate crime itself, and as a result they only represent ‘the tip of the ice berg’ suggesting that they are not representative of all crimes. Furthermore, Interactionists dispute that statistics are seen to be socially constructed. One example is through the underreporting of known crimes. The case for the British Crime Survey rested largely in the value to policy-makers of having at least a rough idea to the extent and shape of the problem which the criminal justice system was intended to tackle. Police statistics of recorded crime seemed adequate as a measure of police workload, but because of unreported and unrecorded crime – deficient as an index of crime. The British Crime Survey illustrates that the public do not necessarily report crimes that they have been victims of, for example in 2008 only 42% of crimes were reported by victims. Victims may not report crimes to the police as they may be too insignificant and believe that the police force either...
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...Statistics Marlies Parent CJS/240 August 02, 2013 University of Phoenix Statistics The Uniform Crime Report or UCR is a crime reporting program that was created in “1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police” to form a consistent statistic for the entire nation, by the nation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation started to run the Uniform Crime Report in 1930 by gathering, publishing, and archiving the statistics (N/A, N/A). Information from many law enforcement agencies is collected, for other law enforcement agencies to access these types of statistics. The UCR collects statistics on violent crimes like aggravated assault, forcible rape, robbery, and murder, as well as property crimes like motor-vehicle theft, burglary, and larceny-theft; all these offenses are considered Part 1 offenses, which also include arson, but there are no statistics available in the UCR for these offenses. Part 2 offenses include other assault or simple assault, forgery, fraud, stolen property, embezzlement, vandalism, drug violations, prostitution, sex offenses, weapons, gambling, offenses against family and children, DUI, liquor laws, drunkenness, disorderly conduct, vagrancy, suspicion, curfew and loitering laws, runaways, and all other offenses not covered by part 1 and part 2 offenses, this however excludes traffic violations (N/A, Department of Justice; Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2004). Since the data in the Uniform Crime Report is expressed as raw figures, crime...
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