Patterns and Trends in Crime

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Who suggests there are distinct peroids of criminal behaviour trends and how many?
3 - Reiner
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Peroid one occured between which dates?
Early 1970s to early 1980s
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What is the name of peroid one?
Rapid recorded crime rise
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What is the OCS and which peroid did they record the info for?
Official Crime Statistics (the Police) - Peroid 1
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What happened in peroid 1?
Dramatic rise in volume of recorded UK crime in all major categories
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When was peroid 2?
1984 to 1993
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What was peroid two called?
Crime explosion
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What happened in peroid 2?
Number of crimes recorded by Police rose by 111%, number of crimes recorded by British Crime Surveys rose by 77%
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When was peroid 3?
1994 to 2009
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What was peroid 3 called?
Falling crime, rising fear
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What happened in peroid 3?
Crime rate fell significantly, both crime recorded by the Police and British Crime Survey fell
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What is the British Crime Survey (BCS) now called?
CSEW - Crime Survey of England and Wales
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What type of recorded crime has increased in last 25 yrs as porpotion of crime?
Violent crime - 1997 it was 8%, 2009 it was 21%
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What four observations relate to crime patterns?
Couting rules for crime changed, Amount of violence reported to BCS fell, Most types of serious violence are in decline, Violent crime increased as porportion due to less proerty crime
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Which theory criticises the way crime is collected?
Interactionism - Ways collected and socially constructed are unreliable, not reality of crime
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