1. Crime
Jan 23, 2017

2. Crime Statistics Numbers and Rates Uncertainty about Crime Statistics
Reporting to police
Official decisions

3. Homicide rate, New York and LA
Homicide, 1800-today
General Crime

9. Who is more likely to commit crime?
Age, gender, family situation, class, race
Functionalist explanation of differences
Integration into “mainstream” society
Conflict explanation
Inequality and oppression

10. Differences in crime rates
Differences over time in US
Functionalist explanation
Conflict explanation
International differences
Murder
Other crimes

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12. Prison Trends in US Reasons prison might reduce crime
Distinctiveness of United States
Reasons prison might reduce crime
Deterrence
Rehabilitation
Incapacitation