Homework I
Criminal Victimization, 2011
Students will locate and read this report, which is on the Bureau of Justice Statistics website. Then answer the following questions:
i. How does the government determine the rates of criminal victimization?
ii. How does the rate of violent criminal victimization in 2011 compare to previous years?
iii. How does the rate of property crime victimization compare to previous years?
iv. How do victimization rates compare across specific crime categories (such as burglary, assault, intimate partner violence, etc.)?
v. How do rates of victimization vary across demographic categories (e.g., gender, race and age)?
Take your time and read the article. Everything that you need to answer is in the article. Make sure that you are answering in detail and not just one word statements. We must restate the question and put the answer in your own words. If some of you are going to get Master degrees you must know that quoting a statement verbatim even with quotation marks and giving credit for statement will be considered plagiarism. You have to mix it up by adding some of your own words.
Homework II
Example:
• Contrast an offense that requires proof of causation with one that does not.
Causation is important in some crimes, for example, homicide, where it is necessary to link the accused's acts with the victim's resulting death. This is to assure that a defendant is not held responsible for the death of a victim who is injured by a defendant's acts but who later dies as a result of an unrelated act. In contrast, the offense of theft (and many other crimes) results in an immediate loss of property making causation irrelevant.
i. What are the chief distinctions between the civil and criminal law? Why do the criminal and civil law sometimes overlap?
ii. What is the essential difference between substantive criminal law and procedural criminal law? Can you give examples of each?
iii. What means of punishment for criminal offenses exist in your state? Is capital punishment available for persons convicted of first-degree murder? Which punishments, if any, do you think are most effective in controlling crime?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.