History
Measurement
Choices Category
In the blood
Society
100
"Crime is a normal part of society"
Who is Emile Durkheim
100
A listing of the number of criminal offenses in each police agency's jurisdiction
What is the Uniform Crime Report
100
The theory that people choose to engage in criminal behaviour after weighing the consequences of their actions
What is rational choice theory
100
This founder of criminology argued that women criminals were more like super males biologically
Who was Cesare Lombroso
100
Robert Merton is remembered for coming up with this theory
What is strain theory
200
A system based on precedent, stretching back to England (1154 A.D.)
What is common law
200
The common number that is used to represent crime rates comparatively (ie. "out of X")
What is 100,000
200
Method of crime prevention that tries to eliminate crime through modifications to the environment
What is situational crime prevention or crime prevention through environmental design
200
Argues that there is a subpopulation of males predisposed to low parental investment
What is the cheater theory
200
According to strain theory, this strategy would mean a person accepts both the culturally defined goals and the established means
What is conformity
300
The study of facial features to determine criminality
What is physiognomy
300
The most comprehensive source of victim data
What is the Personal Risk and Victimization Survey
300
Rational choice theory has its roots in this classical philosophy tradition
What is utilitarianism
300
It means studying criminological phenomenon using the scientific method
What is positivism
300
This theory argued that youth crime grew out of lower class rebellion
What is the theory of delinquent subcultures
400
The most serious type of crime in Canada, known as a felony in the USA
What is an indictable offense
400
It means people commit less crime as they mature
What is desistance
400
When someone is held in jail while awaiting trial
What is remand
400
The theory that stresses how people’s brains function differently when faced with environmental stimuli.
What is arousal theory
400
General strain theory differs from strain theory in that it stresses one of these
What are negative experiences or the loss of positive stimuli
500
Latin for inherently evil crimes
What is mala in se
500
Though 94% of youth crime reported in the media is violent crime, only about _____ of youth crime appears as such in police reports
What is 25%
500
The maximum amount of time one is sentenced if they are going to serve time in a provincial prison
What is 2 years less a day
500
____ of monozygotic twins shared criminal behaviour patterns, compared to 30% of dizygotic twins
What is 60%
500
The zone in which Shaw and MacKay
What is the transitional zone
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