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crime   a behaviour that involves the conscious breaking of rules, this includes laws but also anti-social behaviour  
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legislative approach   someone who has broken the law (over inclusive) and has been convicted of a crime (under inclusive)  
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deviance approach   someone who behaves in a deviant or anti-social way ( involves subjective judgement)  
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actus reas   the actuality of proving that someone committed the crime  
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mens rea   the mental element of the crime, the purpose behind doing it  
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official statistics   data collected around four times a year which shows crime rate in certain areas across the UK  
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official statistics evaluation   weakness- dark figure of crime (validity) -data is manipulated -focus each month changes strengths- standardised -secondary quant data  
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victim surveys   a questionnaire for victims to report their experience  
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yearly victim census   random 50,000 questionnaires asking about crime etc.  
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health and safety survey   younger members (10-15) to add to the census  
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victim surveys evaluation   weakness- ethical issues - self-report -low take up rate strengths- anonymous -primary data (valid)  
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offender surveys   send questionnaires to who have committed offences, self-report, usually 20000 responses, indicator of repeat offending  
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offender surveys evaluation   weakness- not representable - self-report strengths- can show if the systems are working e.g rehabilitation  
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reasons why there is a dark figure of crime   unaware they are victims/ a crime has been committed, their complaint isn't taken seriously, they are scared to report/ don't see the point  
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dark figure of crime   crimes are not reported by victims or recorded by the police  
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percentage of crimes not reported/recorded   75%  
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bottom-up profiling   profilers work their up from the evidence at the crime scene to develop hypotheses about the likely characteristics, social background and motivation of the offender  
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investigative psychology   the bottom-up approach of building profiles through objective data (Canter)  
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interpersonal coherence   relates to how the offender interacts with their victims and people in their life  
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time and place   the location and time of the crime which indicates the residence and employment etc.  
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forensic awareness   refers to their understanding of police investigation to show if they've had prior experience  
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Canter's circle theory   uses information about the location of the crime scenes to infer where the criminal is based etc.  
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Canter- marauder   criminals who stay in their local area  
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Canter- commuters   travel to commit crimes ( usually closer together)  
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Canter- centre of gravity   where the offender is based  
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