Sunday, February 20, 2011

Chapter Four:

Keyterms:
1.      National Violence Against Women- Interviews a national sample of 16,000 men and women regarding the circumstances of crime against women.
2.     Intimate partner violence- Physical assaults between current or former spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends.
3.      Crime profiling- Analysis of criminal incidents to isolate the precise characteristics of offenders, victims, and situations in order to understand and prevent crime.
4.     Offender profiles- examination of offender backgrounds to look for common patterns.
5.      Victim profiles- Examination of a large number of similar criminal incidents to find patterns in the types of persons who are victimized under certain circumstances.
6.     Crime scene profiles- Examination of the circumstances surrounding criminal incidents in a search for patterns associated with criminal offending.

Questions for Review

1.      Where does information about the nature of criminal incidents come from? The nature of criminal incidents comes from Crime Profiling which involves analyzing any criminal incidents to characterize the offenders, victims, and situation.

2.     How does age affect rates of offending and victimization in the United States? With age, the younger kids tend to get victimize more because they are weaker and they will more likely not to report the incidents than the older people. Offenders, 46 percent are under the age of 25.
3.     
How does gender affect rates of offending and victimization? 82 percent are men and 24 percent are women who make up the arrest of offenders in the United States. Hence, men are more likely to commit very serious crime than women.

4.     What does research show about offenders and their victims in instances of violent crime? Research shows that Offenders tend to victimize people that are in the same race and ethnicity.

5.      How common or rare is intimate partner violence in the United States, and who are the victims? Intimate partner violence is a growing problem usually victimizes the women. Approximately 1 million violent crimes are committed yearly.

6.     How do male and female offenders differ in their crimes? Female-female violence occurs in about 75 percent and male-male violence occurs 70 percent of the time. Females are more likely to victimize people they know with 60 percent, and only 44 percent of males knew their victims.

7.      How do rates of offending and victimization vary by race and ethnicity? 70 percent of all crimes are white and 27 percent are black. Offenders are more likely to victimize people that are in the same race and ethnicity as they are; for example, Hispanic people are more likely to attack other Hispanic people because of their environment, including the people they are with or gangs.

8.     How common or rare is race-based crime in the United States, and who are the victims? Race-based crime is very common in the United States, most victims are the people that are in their same race or sometimes mistaken to be in the same race.

9.     What is the influence of income on the risk of victimization? The people with higher in income are less likely to be victimized and lower income people tend to be victimized much more because of the neighbor they live in.

10.    What kinds of profiling can help in the prevention of crime? Crime profiling such as behavioral profiling which focuses on characterizing offenders and victims and crime scene profiling help assess the physical and condition of the situation.

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