a violation of a generally accepted set of rules, backed by the power and authority of the state
Crime
An example of omission
Neglect of some sort
The apex of the American legal system
The Constitution
Any voluntary yielding of will causing the victim to agree to the act of the offender
Consent of Victim
Theory that states that criminals are born
Biology Theory
The idea that people subconsciously know what is right and what is wrong
Natural Law
For act or omission to be a crime, there must be a blameworthy mind, this is called:
Criminal Intent
Cases that involve one individual or organization against another
Civil Case
Any unlawful constraints placed on someone causing them to help commit a crime
Duress and Consent
Emile Durkheim
Rejecting the cultural goals and the means of achieving them
Retreatism
Happens when the outcome of the crime is as the criminal wanted
Specific Intent
Broad term of different situations that would eliminate legal guilt in criminal offense
Defense
Asking someone to commit a crime they didn’t intend to do (Cops sometimes do this)
Entrapment
View crime as a direct result of inability to achieve goals
Anomie Theory
People create crime by making _____
Rules/Laws
When wrongdoing is done but an unexpected outcome happens
General Intent
Any unsoundness of mind, madness, mental alienations that prevent an individual from comprehending his or her actions/ consequences
Insanity
The father of modern criminology
Cesare Lombroso
Name Merton's Modes of Adaptation
Innovation, Retreatism, Rebellion, Conformity, Ritualism
People who create laws
Moral Entrepeneurs
The three main types of criminal law
Statutory, case, common
When an error occurs resulting in some act that would not have happened if error did not occur
Mistake of Fact
The three different body types we learned about
Endomorph, Ectomorph, Mesomorph
Societal reaction to the violation (deviance as lifestyle)
Secondary Deviation