The eight Part I crimes included in the UCR have not been changed since 1979. How has the nature of crime in the U.S. changed since 1979 and how should the Part I crime category be changed to better reflect crime in the U.S. today? What impact would this have on crime statistics?

The criminal justice system is biased towards disenfranchised groups.

A ________ is a set of interrelated propositions that attempt to describe, explain, predict, and ultimately control some class of events.

Which of the following is an example of a grass eater?

City police chiefs usually are elected public officials.

The Kansas City experiment found that increasing the level of preventive patrol had no effect on crime or fear of crime.

Recent concerns about gun crime in the wake of various mass shootings has led to increased debate about gun control. Discuss the role of gun control and the constitutional guarantees of the right to bear arms. Include an analysis of the 2015 shootings at the Emanuel AME Church and Umpqua Community College, as well as the 2012 shootings in Newtown and Aurora, and discuss the effect they had on the communities and on gun control.

List and define the six categories of crime and give an example of each category.

The dark figure of crime refers to

The systems model of criminal justice is an accurate representation of how the criminal justice system works.