Criminal Psychology
A criminal who doesn't plan their crimes or attempt to hide the evidence
What is a disorganized criminal?
When the government/police official persuades a person to commit a crime, and then arrests them for it
What is entrapment?
What is the biological theory?
The act of deliberately setting fire to property
What is arson?
The 4 Ingredients of a Crime are
1. Mental State/Intent
2. Conduct or Prohibited Act
3. Concurrence
4. Causation
True
The MacDonald/Serial Killer Triad involves:
What is bed-wetting, setting fires, and torturing animals?
This defense is based on the presumption that people of are sound mind and capable of know what they are doing is right or wrong.
This theory says that people commit crimes by watching others
What is Social Learning Theory?
Jimmy steals a car while the owner is inside the mall
(Grand) Larceny
The term FBI stands for
Federal Bureau of Investigation
This disorder involves a total disregard of the feelings of others, lying, acting violently, or breaking the law with no remorse
What is Anti-Social Personality Disorder? (ASPD)
Most common criminal defense, the judge or jury cannot have any question as to the facts the state has presented in alleging the defendant committed the crime.
What is Reasonable Doubt?
This theory says people commit crimes because they weigh the risk v. the reward
What is Classical theory?
Use of threat or force to take something from someone
What is robbery?
The most common victim of theft
What are low-income white males
A person who has difficulty empathizing or bonding with anyone and is able to easily manipulate others.
What is a psychopath?
Killing someone who has a bomb is an example of this defense
What is the Necessity Defense?
This theory of crime can be linked to mental health, personality disorders, or past experiences.
What is the Psychological theory?
Henry is showing his friend a new gun, not knowing the gun is loaded, and accidently fires the weapon
Involuntary Manslaughter
Randy discovers his wife has been cheating on him, and in the heat of the moment, he kills his wife
2nd Degree Murder
A person who has limited impulse control, and more likely to get in trouble due to lack of planning and antagonistic attitude
What is a sociopath?
What is the coercion/duress defense?
This theory says that the rich & powerful control the laws that benefit themselves, which pushes poor people towards crime
What is the Marxist theory?
Melissa kills a bystander while robbing a bank
What is felony murder?
This man is the current head of the FBI
Who is Christopher Wray?