CRMJ 205 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture I Videos II Contextual Approach Outline of Current Lecture Victimization I Racial Hoax II Broader Pictures of Crime Victims III National Crime Victimization Survey Current Lecture I Racial Hoax a Intentionally directing law enforcement media towards stereotypical criminal groups b Impacts every group c Wastes law enforcement resources d Perpetuates stereotypes harming society e The majority of racial hoax cases are by a white person charging an African American 70 percent of cases between 1987 and 1996 1 Racial Hoax 1994 Susan Smith white female asserted that an African American man stole her car and kidnapped her children 2 State and Federal Officials spent 9 days looking for the offender 3 She drove the car into the lake and killed her children Racial Hoax Many say media attention 4 Acid Hoax http www youtube com watch v iLXn30O6yqE II Broader Picture of Crime Victims a Perceptions of crime b Shaped by TV news newspapers c Usually feature young African American or Hispanic males as offenders d Usually feature whites as victims e Leads to presumption that such cases are typical f Many find it difficult to discuss race and crime These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute III National Crime Victimization Survey a Limitations 1 Does not cover commercial crime such as convenience store robberies or bank robberies white collar crime kidnapping or homicide 2 The estimates produced are for the nation as a whole 3 Homeless people are not interviewed and responses are susceptible to memory loss telescoping reporting a crime that occurred more than a year ago which is outside the scope of the survey exaggeration misunderstandings about crime categories e g robbery vs burglary and interviewer bias
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