Criminology Ch. 3 Vocab.

Large database, compiled by the FBI, of crimes reported and arrests made each year throughout the US

The eight most serious offenses included in the UCR; murder, rapes, assault, robbery, burglary, arson, larceny, and motor vehicle theft

All other crimes, aside from the eight part I crimes, included in the UCR arrest data. Part II crimes include drug offenses, sex crimes, and vandalism, among others

Crimes are considered cleared when at least one person is arrested, charged, and turned over to the court for prosecution or when some element beyond police control (such as the offender having left the country) precludes the physical arrest of an offender

Program that requires local police agencies to provide a brief account of each incident and arrest within 22 crime patterns, including incident victim and offender information.

Selecting a limited number of people for study as representative of a larger group

All people who share a particular characteristics, such as all high school students or all police officers

The ongoing victimization study conducted jointly by the Justice Department and the US Census Bureau that surveys victims about their experiences with law violation

A research approach that requires subjects to reveal their own participation in delinquent or criminal act

Offenses designed to improve the financial or social position of the criminal

Offenses committed not for profit or gain but to vent rage, anger, or frustration

Phrase used to express the fact that people commit less crime as they mature

A chemical substance, such as dopamine, that transmits nerve impulses from one neuron to another

The view that women who commit crimes have biological and psychological trays similar to those of men

A view that suggests that the social and economic role of women in society controls their crime rates