Deviance & Crime
Behavior that only occasionally breaks social norms
Primary Deviance
Theory that people engage in criminal behavior after carefully weighing the benefits and risks of their actions.
Rational Choice Theory
A crime that is punishable by more than 1 year in jail.
Felony
This amendment makes effective solutions to gun violence in America a complex task, balancing rights and public safety.
2nd Amendment
An action that is usually punishable by a small fine or very short jail sentence.
Petty Offense
An experiment that proved many people will knowingly give false answers to conform to the group.
Asch Experiment
Test that measures childhood trauma. Higher scores correlate with higher risk of criminal behavior.
Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) test
The most common form of crime in America.
Property Crime (Theft/Larceny)
Most gun deaths in America are _______
Suicides
Most common type of VIOLENT crime in America
Simple Assault / Domestic Violence
In this experiment by Philip Zimbardo, mistreatment of innocent people occurred due to the system of power subjects were placed into.
Stanford Prison Experiment
Theory that people will naturally engage in criminal behavior unless there are sufficient rules and institutions to teach conformity.
Social Control Theory
Deliberate and intentional killing of another person but without premeditation.
2nd Degree Murder
A mass shooting involves ___ or more people shot in a single incident. On average such shootings occur once per ___ in America (according to the article we read).
4+ People Shot / 1 per Day
This type of crime costs society close to $1 trillion dollars each year.
Occupational Crime (White Collar)
Sanctions (Consequences) that encourage people to change their behavior.
External Social Controls
According to Dr. James Fallon, the presence of this gene can predispose people to violent behavior if they are exposed to trauma at a young age.
"Warrior Gene" or MAO-A
Violent crime, property crime, and violations of public order are also classified as this type of crime. Also called 'street crime.'
Visible Crime
In the U.S. there are roughly ___ gun-related killings per day.
92
The first well known serial killer in the U.S.
H.H. Holmes
To be a crime, these 4 elements must all be present.
Prohibited Act
Criminal Intent
Concurrence
Causation
These are the 4 archetypal motives of serial killers.
Visionary
Mission Oriented
Hedonistic
Power/Control
This fraction of U.S. women have been victims of physical abuse by a partner.
1 in 4 (25%)
These are the 4 policies for decreasing school shootings proposed in the class reading.
More use of SROs
Active Shooter Drills
Gun Control
Arming Teachers
4 of the steps abusers take to slowly gain control over their victims, discussed by Leslie Morgan Steiner in her TED Talk
Seduce/Charm the Victim
Isolate the Victim
Threaten/Control the Victim
Physically Abuse the Victim
(Kill the Victim)