concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: crime waves

crime and deviance
type: Concept
narrower: crime waves

crime waves
type: Concept
definition: The term crime wave has two distinct (but related) meanings in criminological and popular discourse. The most familiar meaning associates the term with relatively rapid and abrupt upward (and subsequent downward) shifts in rates of crime. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Crime Waves]
broader: crime and deviance