Social Structure
This perspective says people are social beings more than mere individuals.
What is the sociological perspective?
This theory says public officials should consider public opinion when making policy.
What is democratic theory?
This is the most commonly used crime statistic system.
What is the UCR?
This term means being a victim of crime.
What is victimization?
Crime occurs when these three things come together.
What are motivated offenders, attractive targets, and lack of guardianship?
This refers to the social and physical characteristics of communities and networks.
What is horizontal social structure?
When the media exaggerates a small number of crimes and suggests crime is out of control.
What is a crime wave?
This survey measures hidden crime.
What is the NCVS?
NCVS data shows victims try to stop violent crime this percent of the time.
What is 33 percent?
This trait involves impulsivity and risk-taking that may lead to crime.
What is low self-control?
This refers to how society ranks different groups of people.
What is vertical social structure?
The media often focuses on this type of crime even though it happens less often.
What is violent crime?
This system will replace the UCR.
What is NIBRS?
Violent crime rates are highest for this group and lowest for this group.
Who are Native American (highest) and Asian (lowest) people?
This theory says crime labels can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
What is labeling theory?
All societies have standards of behavior called this.
What are social norms?
The saying “If it bleeds, it leads” refers to this media tendency.
What is overdramatizing violent crime?
These studies ask people to admit crimes they committed.
What are self-reports?
Crime committed by a spouse or former partner is called this.
What is intimate partner violence (IPV)?
This theory emphasizes strong childhood bonds reduce delinquency risk.
What is interactional theory?
This concept refers to how society is organized through social relationships and interactions.
What is social structure?
These are community characteristics like poverty and social integration that influence crime.
What are structural factors?
This rule required police to report only the most serious crime in an event.
What is the hierarchy rule?
This theory says some victims may initiate the events that lead to their victimization.
What is victim precipitation theory?
This theory says crime is learned and reinforced by rewards from peers or family.
What is differential reinforcement?