The scientific study of crime, especially of why people commit crime.
What is Criminology?
100
Explaining a theory or phenomenon in the simplest way possible.
What is parsimony?
100
The oldest and most used measure of crime rates in the U.S.
What is the Uniform Crime Report?
100
Looked at crime trends in other countries to try and explain the American crime drop.
Who is Franklin Zimring?
100
The study of and policies related to the improvement of the human race via control over reproduction.
What is eugenics?
200
A set of concepts linked together by a series of statements to explain why an event or phenomenon occurs.
What is theory?
200
The extent to which a theory makes sense in terms of its concepts and propositions.
What is legal consistency?
200
Murder/non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, larceny, and arson.
What are the 8 index offenses?
200
Include demographic changes, the rise and fall of the crack cocaine epidemic, and changes in labor markets.
What are contextual factors?
200
The assumption that most human behavior is determined by factors beyond free will and free choice.
What is Determinism?
300
Evil because it is prohibited.
What is mala prohibita?
300
Argues individuals do not have free will or rationality in making decisions to commit crime.
What is Positive School of thought?
300
Focuses on the victims of crime.
What is the National Crime Victimization Survey?
300
Requires policies to be based on a solid foundation of evidence drawn from the best research.
What is evidence-based crime policy?
300
Also known as somotonic.
What is mesomorphic?
400
Evil in itself.
What is mala in se?
400
Distinctive theoretical models or perspectives.
What are paradigms?
400
Conducted by independent researchers and universities.
What are self-report studies of crime?
400
A set of rules governing everyone's behavior.
What is criminal law?
400
Outlined a theory of crime that incorporated craniometry, phrenology, and physiognomy.
Who is Cesare Lombroso?
500
Usually not against the law but seen as immoral.
What is deviance?
500
People are born with no learning toward good or bad, but are simply influenced by the balance of positive or negative influences that are introduced socially during their development.
What is blank slate theory?
500
70 to 80 percents of serious crimes that are not reported to the police.
What is the dark figure?
500
Emphasize a set of rules governing criminal justice officials.
Who are liberals?
500
Found that the IQ of delinquent youths are about 10 points lower than the source of non-criminals.