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Compared are police, newspaper, TV, & public images of crime trends for the 7 US Federal Bureau of Investigation index crimes (homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, & motor vehicle theft) during a 3-month period in 1978, the relative occurrence f of these offenses, & characteristics of persons committing them. Media presentations of crime trends are found generally unrelated to trends in police statistics. Newspaper presentation of the relative distribution of crimes approximates police figures more closely than does TV presentation. Public views of the relative distribution of crimes but not of crime trends more closely approximate media presentations than police presentations. Possible reasons for these findings & their implications for crime news reporting are discussed. 3 Tables. Modified HA.

Explores the legal gravity of hate, critiquing the argument for hate crime laws. The Matthew Shepard & James Byrd prosecutions are discussed before providing a brief historical overview of hate crime laws in the US. Legal responses to hate violence that do not look to regulate opinion are next looked at. It is argued that supporters of hate crime laws tend to expand the concept of conspiracy in a dangerous manner. Other problems related to intent, state of mind, & belief are touched on. The prospect that hate crime laws might lead to hate speech laws is addressed, & it is concluded that actual crimes should be punished rather than the motivating beliefs of offenders. Adapted from the source document.

I propose a dual conceptualization of violent crime. Since violent crime is both violence and crime, theories of aggression and deviance are required to understand it. I argue that both harm-doing and rule breaking are instrumental behaviors and that a bounded rational choice approach can account for both behaviors. However, while some of the causes of harm-doing and deviance (and violent and nonviolent crime) are the same, some are different. Theories of crime and deviance cannot explain why one only observes individual and group differences in violent crime and theories of aggression and violence cannot explain why one observes differences in all types of crimes. Such theories are "barking up the wrong tree.". Adapted from the source document.

Intro -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The Late 19th Century -- Law Courts: Court of General Sessions BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Outrageous Rape BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- Interesting from Kansas BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Descent Upon the "Park Cruisers" -- Thirty-Eight Arrested BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Burglary and Heavy Robbery in New London BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Heavy Sentences for Murder, Manslaughter and Assault BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Childhood and Crime BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Hardships Suffered by Unionists BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- A Negro Outbreak BY THE NEW-ORLEANS BEE -- The Confession of Constance Kent BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- The Ring Again -- Another Batch of Indictments Against Tweed & Co. BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Applicants Ruled by Politics BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- A Remedy for Many Ills. The Great Demand Springing Up for Cocaine. BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- CHAPTER 2 The Early 20th Century -- Becker Wore Women's Clothes and Whiskers BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Gangsters Again Engaged in a Murderous War BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Bootleggers Seize Agent as Hijacker BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Liquor Still Flows into Boston BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Quintet Raids Drake Hotel BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Association Aids Crusade on Crime BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Anti-Crime Body to Organize Today BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Poverty and Crime. THE NEW YORK TIMES -- 30 Taken in Bronx Raid BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Champagne Seized in Hoboken Dry Raid BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Final Action at Capital -- Proclaims the End of the Prohibition Law BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- CHAPTER 3 The Mid-20th Century -- Prison Population Seen Up After War BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- Crime Increasing in Little Spain BY ALBERT J. GORDON -- 23 More Undesirables Are Seized in Times Square as Round-Up Spreads BY THE NEW YORK TIMES -- 'Hot Summer' Race Riots in North BY THE NEW YORK TIMES.

What causes crime? -- How should crime be punished? -- How can crime be reduced?