KEY Concepts - DETAILS TO REMEBER

CLASS NOTES

KEY CONCEPTS

Crime; general trends

_What Criminologists do 

_Different criminological perspectives/theories 

_Different definitions of crime 

_Crime and the media 

_Hagan’s Typology of Crime model 

_Victimology and victimization: explanations, common patterns, costs 

_National Crime Victimization Survey/ International Crime Victims Survey 

_Self-report studies 

_Research Methods: types, their strengths, their limitations 

_Crime statistics and crime rates 

_Measuring Crime (UCR, NCVS; variables) 

_Dark figure crime 

_Sample attrition

O Formal and informal measures

_Interactionist theory 

_Restorative Justice 

_State: Definition and typologies 

_Crime and the media: accuracy, sociological effects 

_Concept of “power” 

_Concept of “risk” 

_Critical race theory 

_Indicators of crime 

_Correlations of crime 

_Inchoate crimes 

_NCRMD 