Measuring and Understanding Violence

Measuring and Understanding Violence. Explain the differences between UCR and NCVS statistics (numbers, trends, rates, demographics, etc) with reference to victimology. Use actual numbers from the tables to support your discussion. (5 points) 2. Discuss whether society’s fear of crime (i.e., becoming a victim individually) is rational. Use specific data and examples to support your answer. (5 points) 3. Discuss your perspective of the “Influences of Violence” as depicted in Figure 1-2 and presented in the text. Reorganize into your own words. (5 points) 4. How are victimization theories different over time? What theories do you feel best capture the reality of victimization? (5 points)

Measuring and Understanding Violence

Why have stalking laws become part of every state’s criminal code in the past 18 years? Justify your perspective with data and examples. (5 points) 2. Use Meadows’ information and the handout information to describe, in your own words, the Cycle of Violence depicted at right. Discuss example you know about or can construct to highlight issues important to you or that you think are the most important to know. Include page numbers (from text or handout) where you extract information. (10 points) 3. Identify the common denominators in elder and child abuse. (5 points) 4. Identify the victim impact of each of the following: rape, marital rape, date rape. (5 points)

Explain the difference between targeted murders and spontaneous murders. ( 5 points) 2. Describe in detail how a person might avoid becoming a victim of random violence (robbery, home invasion, carjacking, assault, battery, etc). (5 points). 3. Identify the differences between a “regular” stranger murder and a serial murder. What are the differences (if any) between the “regular” stranger murderer and the serial murderer? (5 points) 4. Why (or why not) do you feel hate crime statutes should exist? (5 points)