Crime and Justice

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Learning Objectives

Chapter 4

• Describe the three key methods used to gain an estimate of crime and identify the main limitations of each of these methods.
• Explain why the incidence of white collar crime is relatively invisible in our society and identify methods used to measure white collar crime.
• Identify main forms of violent crime and property crime and identify the specific crimes that comprise the Total Crime Index.
• Explain the term “victimless” crime and describe key methods for measuring these forms of behavior.
• Explain the “dramatic fallacy” of violent crime.
• Describe the image of crime depicted in our news media and popular entertainment and the impact those images have on our crime policies.