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Web Resources

Four Main Theories of Victimology

This website offers a concise coverage of victim precipitation theory, the lifestyle theory, deviant place theory, and the routine activities theory.

Uniform Crime Report

This is the website for the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the collectors, publishers, and archivers of crime statistics

National Incident-Based Reporting System

This website for the Office of Justice Studies gives a great clarification to the NIB RS system as well as other relevant links.

National Crime Victim Survey

Bureau of Justice Statistics website with clarification and relevant links.

Dark Figure of Crime

This short video looks at the so-called "dark figure" of crime.  The video looks at methodological questions (reliability and validity, for example) surrounding our use of official crime statistics.

 

Video Links

Crime Victims Voices Heard

Through this videos, you will discover information about the need for a constitutional amendment; financial assistance for victims of crime; victims' dealings with criminal justice professionals; victim notification rights; and the unique issues encountered in Indian Country.

Victim's Compensation Woes in the U.K.

This is a short 2-minute video about the failing compensation program in Britain. 

 

Audio Links

Crime Report

This short FBI podcast gives an update of crime statistics in 2010 collected from 18,000 law enforcement agencies.

Preliminary Annual Uniformed Crime Report

This is a short FBI podcast that gives a brief description of how crime trend changes are interpreted.