CH 4: Counting Crime

Question 1

Validity and reliability are two concerns of what

Answer 1

Controversies over counting crime

Question 2

We have all this crime that happens and we have a very sliver amount that are being punished

Answer 2

Crime funnel

Question 3

All break and enter =
Reported =
Convicted =
Custody =

Answer 3

441,000
31% reported by police
2% were convicted
1% were sentenced to custody

Question 4

Ages 12 to 24 are what?

Answer 4

crime-prone-years

Question 5

What is crime that remains unreported and mostly unknown?

Answer 5

the dark figure of crime

Question 6

3 Dominant ways to count or crime patterns and trends?

Answer 6

1. Official (police-reported) statistics
2. Victimization surveys
3. Self-report studies

(If all 3 says the same thing then we know we have truth)

Question 7

Where do victimizations studies fall apart?

Answer 7

When you start asking specifics, like WHO did it.

• Good at telling you overall numbers
• Not good at telling you, if it was a women, black, white, cause often times you don’t know.