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Lecture 5:

Finish Victimizationand start Cobain and

Careers

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Recap UCR and Self-Reports

• Self-report exercise• Comments on class survey?• Chesney-Lind and Thompson

readings– Rates of arrest and self-report– Difference in “nature” of female vs.

male delinquency?

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victimization picture

• National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

– Overview of Distribution and Trends– Bivariate Correlates– Critique

• SUMMARY OF 3 PICTURES

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Property Crime Victimization, 1973-2003

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

Year

Rat

e (p

er 1

,000

ho

use

ho

lds)

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Violent Victimization Rates by Age Group, 1973-2003

0

25

50

75

100

125

Year

Rat

e (p

er 1

,000

per

sons

12

year

s or

ol

der)

12 to 15 16 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 49 50 to 64 65+

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Rate of Violent Victimization by Race, 1992-2003

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Year

Rat

e (p

er 1

,000

per

son

s)

White African American Other Two or More Races

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Rate of Violent Victimization by Sex, 1973-2003

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Year

Rat

e (p

er 1

,000

per

son

s)

Male Female

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Personal and Property Victimization by Income, 2003

0-7.5K 7.5K-15K

15K-25K

25K-35K

35K-50K

50K-75K

75K+

PersonalBurglary

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Rate (per 1,000 persons/household

s)

Annual Household Income

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Personal and Household Victimization by Residence, 2003

UrbanSuburban

Rural

Personal

Burglary0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Rate (per 1,000 persons/household

s)

Residence

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Victimization by Ethnicity, 2001

HispanicNon-Hispanic

personal

burglary

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

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Serious Violent Crimes by Perceived Age of Offender, 2002

Under 122%

12 to 149%

15 to 1711%

18 to 2010%

21 to 2926%

30+38%

Unknown4%

Juvenile22%

Under 1212 to 1415 to 1718 to 2021 to 2930+Unknown

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victimization picture

• Overview of Distribution and Trends• Bivariate Correlates• Critique

– Interview problems: memory lapses, distrust, head of household, don’t know legal technicalities, language barriers

– No status offenses– No murders, kidnaps, “victimless”– No white-collar

• Summary of all 3

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summary of 3 pictures• Distribution:

– Most delinquency is "property" or household by all measures

– Upward trend in juvenile violence from mid-80s to early-90s, declining since

• Correlates and interactions– Age: "juveniles" in mid-teens are likely victims & offenders– Sex: males likely victims & offenders– Race/Ethnicity: African-Americans are most likely to be

arrested and victimized; especially for violent offenses (murder)

– Social class: the most disadvantaged are most often arrested & victimized,

– Group: most delinquency is done with others– Local picture: lower levels, but similar trends

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kurt cobain

• Background description –– Individual: age, race, class, gender …– Group: family, peers …– Institutions: schools, church …

• Delinquent history through chapter 8– Substance use– Sexual deviance– Violence