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| A complex phenomenon that is a demanding challenge to explain. No one explanation that explains everything. Use our experiences and start theorizing about causes. |
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Uniform Crime Report
Published by FBI about crimes reported to Police Agencies.
Measures mainly serious street crimes.
Does not account for "behind closed door" crimes.
Used to form theories about crime. |
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Thoughts and opinions as to the tentative causes of crime.
Influenced by life experiences.
As society changes, our views on crime change.
Views on crime conditioned by our social experiences. |
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Bends in today's crime trends that will affect the way we live tomorrow
Shifting social context.
Wrote about by Bennett. |
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| Plan or rules implemented to fight crime that are based on theories about the cause of crime. |
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