The Act Requirement
The Legality Requirement
The Harm Requirement
The Causation Requirement
Mens Rea: The "Guilty Mind" Requirement
The Concurrence Requirement
The Punishment Requirement

The Defenses

Typologies of Crime

Measuring Crime

Methods of Collecting Data
Ethics and the Researcher

The Nature and Extent of Crime

Police Statistics
Victimization Surveys
Self-Report Surveys

Measuring Characteristics of Crime

Crime Trends
Locations and Times of Criminal Acts
Severity of Crime

Measuring Characteristics of Criminals

Age and Crime
Gender and Crime
Social Class and Crime
Race and Crime

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CRIMINOLOGY & PUBLIC POLICY

YOU BE THE CRIMINOLOGIST

KEY TERMS