1. Crime Related Issues
Beach Police in 1922
Source: History in Pictures

2. Should people without homes be legally forced off the streets?
Sociological Imagination
Private Troubles
Public Issues
Source: Odd Stuff Magazine

3. Measurement of Crime Uniform Crime Report (UCR)
Annual data includes reported violent and property crime
Compiled by the FBI and based on data from federal, state, and local agencies
Includes crimes reported to law enforcement agencies and police reporting
Not all agencies define crimes in the same manner
Source: History in Pictures

4. Measurement of Crime National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
Annual survey data collected by the Bureau of Justice Statistics – 100,000 randomly selected households
Attempts to identify crime victims to measure committed crimes
Relies on respondents reporting which may be flawed
Does not include all crimes
Source: National Public Radio

5. Measurement of Crime Age
People ages are twice as likely to be arrested as people ages 35-39
Teens and young adults are more likely to be victims of violent crime than older adults
Sex
Males are twice as likely to commit property crimes and five times more likely to commit violent crimes
Males are 16% more likely to be victims of violent crime than females
Race and Ethnicity
Blacks are 2.7 times more likely to be arrested for property crimes and four times more likely to be arrested for violent crimes than whites
Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to be victims of crime
Social Class
Poor people are viewed with less respect and so are more likely to be viewed as criminals
The lower the household income, the more likely one is a crime victim
Source: Brent and Lewis, 2014

6. Social Structure and Crime
Trends in Corrections
Recidivism
Open Prison Model
Source: History in Pictures

7. Paddling Our Way Through the Semester: Education Issues Up Next