Social Construction & Deviance
This is the study of the making of laws, the breaking of laws, and society's reaction to the breaking of laws
Criminology
This perspective on justice emphasizes deterrence and aims to control offenders via harsh punishments
Crime control
This data collection tool is based upon police reports
UCR/NIBRS
True/False: Robbery is a violent crime
True
This is the ability to connect personal troubles with larger social structures
The Sociological Imagination
This perspective on justice utilizes the sociological imagination and view crime as a result of strain from social inequality
This data collection method excludes homicide and those without a permanent address
NCVS
This classification of crime is latin for "evil for evil's sake"
Mala en Se
Picking your nose in public or talking loudly in an elevator are examples of which level of social norms?
Folkway
This perspective on justice argues that a guilty party should walk free if their individual liberties are infringed upon
Due process
This is known as the dark figure of crime
Rape & Sexual Assault
Parents taking away a child's phone for getting in trouble at school is an example of this form of social control
This is defined as the classification of the population into human and non-human, with humans being described as "civilized" and "evolved" and non-humans being characterized as "savage" and "predatory."
It also legitimizes conquest and differential access to resources
Race
The outcomes of the Cory Batey and Brock Turner cases would most accurately be a concern for this perspective on justice
Equal Justice
The strongest correlation within the field of criminology is the relationship between _______ and crime.
Age
As the number of minorities in an area increases, the amount of formal social control also increases. This is known as:
The Racial Threat Hypothesis
Many argue that there is no racial bias criminal justice system decision making. However, this LEGAL FACTOR is heavily influenced by race, class, and gender when one takes a closer look at how it is obtained.
Prior Record
Deterrence theory assumes that actors are ______________. This is a primary reason as to why it is NOT generally shown to be successful
Rational
This practice in which majority Black and Brown neighborhoods were locked out of buying a home resulted in de-investment, unequal resource allocation, and more formal control
Redlining
The creation of harsher laws for crack cocaine resulting in crack cocaine users receiving disproportionately severe punishments when compared to cocaine users is an example of which perspective of crime?
Conflict perspective