Unformatted text preview: Most follow same logic: some change in thinking about crime leads to change in crime patterns c. A demographic approach i. Long time pattern: AGE shapes both offending and victimization rates ii. Ex. Homicide offenders by age 1. Age Rate 2. 13 .7 3. 15 6 4. 20 35 5. 25 24 6. 35 8 7. 45 4 8. 55 2 9. 65 1 iii. Changes in population can be consequential 1. Drops in high crime age groups should reduce overall crime 2. Most typically this happens with some slippage 3. Ex. Changes in social structure lead to society wide trends------------------------------------------------------------ABOVE THIS LINE IS ON TEST not this Tuesday but the next tuesday...
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- Fall '08
- Beck
- Demography, criminal law, younger age, 345%
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