...The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) are two major sources of crime statistics commonly used in the United States (Sources of Crime Data: Uniform Crime Reports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System). Crime statistics is a complex process that is held to reflect accurately the incidence of crime in society (Criminal Statistics). Crime statistics first took shape in France in 1827, and it is now based on recorded offences and can be drawn from aggregate data recorded by official agencies such as the police and courts along with criminological research (Criminal Statistics). Criminology is the study of crime and in order to understand crime, one must study its existences along with...
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...Official Statistics highlight that high offending groups are: the young, blacks, males and the working class. Discuss the accuracy of UK crime statistics and evaluate sociological explanations for offending in two of these groups. The official statistics consistently show that the working class, the young, males and members of some minority ethnic groups are more likely to commit crimes than the middle class (Haralambos & Holborn, 2008). The main source of these statistics is gathered from crimes recorded by the police and courts and through the British Crime Survey (BSC). The British Crime Survey was sent out to a random sample of the population and asked respondents for their experiences of crime over the previous year. This survey has been carried out by the Home Office since 1982. The results highlighted a discrepancy between the official statistics and people’s experiences of crime, showing that there was a high level of unrecorded crime. The combination of both of these statistics should provide a picture of the full extent of crime in Britain, however, sociologists believe there are a number of factors that influence these figures and that these official statistics do not reflect a true representation of crime in Britain today (www.studyzones.com). The official statistics provide information on the total number of crimes recorded by the police. A crime is only recorded when it comes to someone’s attention that a crime has been committed, reported to the relevant...
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...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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...Juvenile Crime Statistics Kimberlee K. Curley CJA/374 January 9, 2012 Joseph Maffia Juvenile Crime Statistics The following paper will include a discussion on juvenile crime statistics; the areas to examine will include the following points. The overall decrease in juvenile arrests, increase in drug offenses and simple assault, female, ethnic, and racial arrests, the increase in arrests for females and the decrease in arrests for males for violent crimes, and an assessment of tracking methods in measuring trends in juvenile crimes. Between the years 1999 and 2008, the crime rate concerning juveniles first saw a significant rise in juvenile arrests in the years 2005 and 2006. In the later two years there was approximately a 3% decrease in arrests concerning juvenile crimes (Puzzanchera, 2009). Property crimes saw a large increase whereas violent crimes were proportionately smaller in percentage; arson and vandalism are at the top of the list. The number of arrests made was larger than the number of cases cleared by arrests, this may be because juveniles are easier to apprehend than adult offenders (Puzzanchera, 2009). Arrests for simple assaults increased substantially from 1980 to 1997, a rate increase of 156%. While there has been a slight decline in the last two years the rate for arrests of simple assaults is still substantially higher than it was beginning in 1980 (Puzzanchera, 2009). Drug offense arrests have mirrored closely that of simple assaults, the main...
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...Juvenile Crime Statistics Juan Ramirez CJA/374 April 15, 2012 Jerry Kilgo Abstract In this paper I will address juvenile crime statistics, from the Juvenile Justice Bulletin show a growing trend, in that juvenile crime actually appears to be declining according to the Juvenile Arrests 2001 Report. Even though there is a decline in juvenile offenses but the juvenile drugs and juvenile aggravated assault has increased. About 50% of the juvenile crimes be committed by female juveniles. Also I will be covering Minority and female juveniles and the tracking the juvenile crimes. Juvenile Arrests Juvenile crime has been an issue throughout the 1800s. Dealing with juvenile crime committed and examine the juvenile arrests, and criminal activity, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention a study of juvenile arrest statistics (FindLaw, 2011). In Juvenile Justice Bulletin there was a decrease in arrest in juveniles. According, to the Juvenile Justice Bulletin it shows that it was the lowest since 1988 of juvenile arrests being arrested (Flores, 2003). In 1994 juveniles peaked over and also in 1995 and around 2001 juveniles being arrested dropped. In Juvenile Justice Bulletin it breaks down the juvenile crimes committed from aggravated assaults committed by juveniles. It was lower 2001 and down in 1991 but aggravated assaults were lower in 2001 than any other year from 1991. Juveniles that committed murders were low from 1984. Robberies...
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... Juvenile Crime Statistics CJA/374 Juvenile Crime Statistics Juvenile offenders are classified as any person between the age of seven and 18, and who have not attained their eighteenth birthday (Champion, 2010). This paper will show the issues of juvenile’s crimes and arrests that took place in 2008. The purpose is to show a trend over the years of criminal activities so that there may be a better understanding to help combat the issues that law enforcement deal with daily in the department. In 2008, law enforcement agencies in United States made an estimated 2.11 million arrests of persons younger than age 18 (Slowikowski, 2009). The arrest rate of juveniles did in fact decrease three percent from the previous year. Overall, the juvenile arrests have declined also from 2006-2008 from the highest point in 2004. How the FBI decides and assesses these trends is used or broken down into a few different categories. They are aggravated assault, robbery or larceny, rape, manslaughter, and murder. Overall the last ten years from 1988 to 208 there has been a steady decline in the six different categories, more for juveniles, than adults. For other crimes, such as vehicle theft, burglary, larceny, and arson, even though they are still below the average number of arrests, they have risen slightly...
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...Running head: JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS PAPER 1 Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper CJA/374 JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS PAPER 2 Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper Introduction Juvenile crime statistics is truly misunderstood by today’s society. The general public pushes for harsher punishment when in reality juvenile crime rate has actually decreased. This paper will summarize the “Juvenile Arrests 2008”. This paper will further discuss the overall decrease in juvenile arrests, the increase in drug offenses and simple assaults, implications for juvenile females and members of ethnic and racial minorities, an increase in juvenile female arrests and a decrease in arrests for juvenile male offenders for violent crimes, as well as what assessment are used to track juvenile arrests in order to measure the amount of juvenile crime as well as its trends. The Overall Decrease in Juvenile Arrests Overall Review Data from 2008 shows that juvenile arrests for violent crime declined between 2006 and 2008. According to Puzzanchera (2009) “In 2008 there were 2.11 million juvenile arrests, which is 16% lower than the arrests in 1999” (p.3). In 2008 juvenile arrests for forcible rape was at an all time low since 1980, aggravated assault arrests were also at its lowest since 1988. However, juvenile arrests for murder were at its low in 2004, but increased from 2005 to 2007. Further, the Property Crime Index decreased by 20%, larceny-theft by 17%, murder by 5%, motor vehicle theft by 50%...
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...Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper A person under the age of 18 years old is considerate a juvenile. A child or youth who commits a crime or is beyond the control of his or her parents is considerate a juvenile delinquent. This paper will summarize the juvenile crime statistics for 2008. The decrease in juvenile arrests will be discusses. Also the increase in drug offenses and simple assaults will be summarized. In addition, the increase and decrease of female, male, and minority arrests, and their implications will be of topic. Finally, the assessment of tracking juvenile arrests as a method of measuring the amount of and trends in juvenile crime will be done. Overall Decrease in Juvenile Arrests The decrease of juvenile arrests was evident in 2008. Juvenile arrests decreased by 3% from that of 2007. Violent crimes that include murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault showed a trend of declined in 2006 and 2008. In fact the rate of violent crimes decreased from 1987 to 2008. Although juvenile arrests declined to less than 10%, property crime arrests increased. According, to the Juvenile Arrests 2008 bulletin, property crimes increased between 2006 and 2008. Drug Offenses and Simple Assaults In 2008, juvenile arrests for drug offenses was of 180, 100. At 11% the arrests differ from that of the previous years. Juvenile drug offenses have increased in the last couple of years. Simple assaults decreased in 2008 to 6% of...
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...Individual Assignment; Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper CJA374 Juvenile Justice Systems and Processes Francisco Jorge Flores Sr. December 3rd, 2012 Mrs. Amy Gordon University of Phoenix Write a 700 to 1,050 word paper summarizing the key points of the “Juvenile Arrests 2008” article. Address the following; According to Puzzanchera (2009), on his Juvenile Arrests 2008, article published through the Juvenile Justice Bulletin from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, juvenile arrests during 2008 felt a minor, but significant decrease in comparison to statistics of 2007, in 2008, juvenile arrests by law enforcement agencies were estimated at 2.11 million of juveniles under the age of 18 in the whole country, this decrease can be interpreted as 3 percent less than the arrests made in 2007, this data commented by Puzzanchera has been retrieved from several law enforcement agencies throughout the country, that were reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. Another observation, according to Puzzanchera (2009), is that the Juvenile Arrests during 2008, for simple assaults continued to decline significantly up to a 10% in comparison to its peak of 1997, this rate of simple assaults in 2008 was significant substantial in comparison of those from 1980’s to 1997 that increased up 156% for the most part of racial groups involved back then. Puzzanchera (2009) also refers to how Juvenile Arrests for drug abuse in 2008, felt a considerable decrease...
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...Juvenile Crime Statistics According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting in 2008 there was approximately 2.11 million arrests in the United States that were juveniles. The propose for this paper is to further discuss the overall decrease among juvenile arrests, increase of drug offenses, simple assaults, and the increase of female arrests, racial minorities and decrease in male arrests regarding violent crimes. It will also address any concerns or benefits to how data is collected on crimes in the U.S. that are juvenile related. In regards to the overall arrests among juveniles has dropped since 2008. The UCR reported approximately 2.11 million arrests among juveniles alone in 2008 that has dropped by three percent and by two percent for violent crimes (Puzzanchera, 2009). Violent crimes among juveniles between 1980 and 1994 had been high and then dropped by forty-nine percent in 2004. There was a twelve percent increase over two years but it decreased by five percent in 2006-2008 according to Puzzanchera (2009). However, in 1980’s and 1993 the arrests for juveniles almost doubled, and then decreased in the years of 2000 by seventy-seven percent. These arrest were murder related; and the rate which was started in 2004 dropped by six percent in 2008 and maintained at the level of seventy-four percent lower than the high peak in 1993. Aggravated assault crimes increased in the years of 1980-1994 and then decreased a great deal through 2004 by thirty-nine percent (Puzzanchera...
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...Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics - UCR Data Online http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/ National or state crime in 2009 State Population Violent Crime rate Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate Forcible rape rate Robbery rate Aggravated assault rate Property crime rate Burglary rate Larceny-theft rate Motor vehicle theft rate Alabama 4708708 449.8 6.9 31.9 132.9 278.1 3772.4 1037.2 2499.9 235.3 Alaska 698473 633 3.1 73.3 93.8 462.7 2946 515 2189.2 241.8 Arizona 6595778 408.3 5.4 32 122.8 248.1 3556.5 809.8 2352.8 394 Arkansas 2889450 517.7 6.2 47.3 89.4 374.8 3773.7 1203.1 2359.3 211.2 California 36961664 472 5.3 23.6 173.4 269.7 2731.5 622.6 1665.1 443.8 Colorado 5024748 337.8 3.5 44.6 67.4 222.3 2666.2 530.4 1887.9 247.9 Connecticut 3518288 298.7 3 18.5 113.4 163.7 2335.8 428.4 1694.9 212.5 Delaware 885122 636.6 4.6 38.2 188.8 405 3349.6 783.2 2351 215.5 Florida 18537969 612.5 5.5 29.7 166.7 410.6 3840.8 981.1 2588.6 271.1 Georgia 9829211 426.1 5.8 23.4 148.6 248.3 3666.6 1000.7 2328.7 337.2 Hawaii 1295178 274.8 1.7 30.3 79.8 163 3661.2 708.6 2580.5 372.1 Idaho 1545801 228.4 1.4 35.7 15.8 175.4 1988.7 424.2 1471.1 93.3 Illinois 12910409 497.2 6 30.2 177.6 283.4 2736.9 603 1927.3 206.6 Indiana 6423113 333.2 4.8 25.5 114.5 188.4 3116.2 761.5 2138.7 216.1 Iowa 3007856 279.2 1.1 28.4 39.7 210 2308.7 539.4 1640 129.3 Kansas 2818747 400.1 4.2 38.9 63.4 293.6 3207.8 690.7 2305.9 211.2 Kentucky 4314113...
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...Crime Data Comparison Paper Name CJA/ 314 January, 2014 Dr. Anthony Carbo Abstract In this paper, this student completes the following: This student will compare forcible rape crime rates for California and Oregon. This student will compare the data to show which metropolitan area had more reported incidents of forcible rape crimes. This student will also identify the rates of the crime for each metropolitan area. In addition, this student will address how the crime rate changed over time in each city, and what factors might explain the differences in the rates? Finally, this student provides a conclusion about the topic Crime Data Comparison Paper In this paper, this student completes the following: This student will compare forcible rape crime rates for California and Oregon State. This student will compare the data to show which metropolitan area had more reported incidents of forcible rape crimes. This student will also identify the rates of the crime for each metropolitan area. In addition, this student will address how the crime rate changed over time in each state, and what factors might explain the differences in the rates? Finally, this student provides a conclusion about the topic * Number of Forcible Rape Crimes Reported The FBI has gathered crime statistics from law enforcement agencies from across the Nation that voluntarily participates in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program since 1930. The "UCR Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics" (2010)...
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...Crime against women in india I hereby declare that the project work entitled “CRIME AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA” submitted to the UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI, is a record of an original work done by me/us under the guidance of RANI D’SOUZA MAM, Faculty Member, S.M.SHETTY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES, and this project work is my/our original work based on our research and has not been used previously for any similar project. Name and roll no. of the group members * 33 - ashok pai * 67- sahil wani * 47 - dipika shetty * 53 - sushmia shetty We owe a great many thanks to a great many people who helped and supported us during the research of this project. My deepest thanks to Lecturer, Rani D’souza the Guide of the project for guiding and correcting various documents of mine with attention and care. He has taken pain to go through the project and make necessary correction as and when needed. I express my thanks to the Principal of, [UNIVERSITY NAME & PLACE], for extending his support. I would also thank my Institution and my faculty members without whom this project would have been a distant reality. I also extend my heartfelt thanks to my family and well wishers. contents * Introduction * Sexual harassment * Dowry * Child marriage * Female infanticides and sex selective abortions * Guwahati molestation just the tip of the iceberg,crime against women up in India * Causes of crime * Effects of crime ...
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...Crime statistics and victimization reports show that the majority of crime is committed by the younger generation (Rothman, Dunlop, Burton D & Entzel, 2004), with the peak ages for crime sentencing being 21-27 (Blowers & Doerner, 2015). Older people classified from ages 50 onwards are reported to have committed the least amount of crimes compared to all other age categories, accounting for less than 5% of crimes committed (Criminal justice statistics, 2015). While statistic wise older people fill a very small proportion of committed crimes, there is in fact significant importance in studying older offenders. In this day and age it is mandatory in the majority of countries that older prisoners are provided the same medical care as free world citizens. This ranges from everyday healthcare needs to the treatment of complex medical conditions and illnesses (Smyer & Burbank, 2009). The costs involved to care for an older offender can be up to three times more than that of a younger, which is a worrying factor when the population is constantly on the increase (Smyer & Burbank, 2009). As accommodating for older offenders is not cheap, if there were a way through research and theoretical developments to gain an understanding into the reasoning behind why older people do in fact commit crime, it could potentially reduce further increases to the criminal population. This report will predominantly discuss this. It will discuss that, the importance in gaining research insights into older...
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...overgeneralisation and prevents a theory from becoming so abstract that it detaches itself and no longer defines the topic summarised under its umbrella. As a result the theory can become a source of guidance and a framework that clearly includes themes, whilst also representing a boundary that differentiates what lies within from the rest that remains outside its remit. With regard to criminology what lies within includes an agreed methodology to conduct research in order to analyse an observation. What is important is that a theory remains empirically testable and that the evidence gathered supports the theory itself. In addition to this criminology also focuses on the topic of crime and a range of human behaviours and relationships between various entities of society. What is considered to be an act of crime is normally defined by a person in power. Therefore the subject or object of investigation by the study of criminology includes the psychological assessment of a human being and the...
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