Chapter 4 Flashcards
Official fine statistics
Collected by the police and other justice officials
Crime funnel
Procedures found within the criminal justice system that reduce the numbering f people ring processed at each stage
Unofficial crime statistics
Measure crime by other means such as self report studies
Property crime
Intent to acquire property without violence or the threat of violence
Under $5000 = mischief, break and enter, and fraud
First degree murder
Act is planned and deliberate
Second degree murder
Al murder this is not first degree
Manslaughter
Homicide that is not nursed or infanticide- heat of passion caused by sudden provocation
Infanticide
When a female willfully caused the death of her newborn