The Basics of Criminology
This is the field that criminology is a major subfield of.
What is sociology?
This is the criminologist that is most often associated with studying white collar crime.
Who is Sutherland?
Some criminological theorists, including this man, argued that crime opportunity is ubiquitous or is readily available to everyone all the time.
Who is Hirschi?
This is the term that describes the violation of norms.
What is deviance?
This term describes the difference between the male and female offending or arrest rates for crime.
What is the gender gap?
The probability of motivated offenders, suitable targets, and no capable guardians coming together in time and space is affected mostly by this.
What are routine activities?
This concept in sociology is often discussed in criminology and focuses on inequality and how individuals are socially organized on the basis of economic status, gender, and race/ethnicity.
What is stratification?
This is the amount of individual profit from corporate frauds that were made by most females in the corporate fraud study we discussed.
What is none ($0)?
Some examples of these include items are light, easy to steal, and easy to sell and people who are too afraid to fight back or are intoxicated.
What are suitable targets?
This is the term used to describe the idea that crime is a sociological concept, the criminal is a social construct, and crime control and punishment are shaped by social influences.
What is the criminological imagination?
This is the element of the framework we discussed in class on male and female offending that includes things like gender norms, moral development, and social control. These differences help us make sense of differences in male and female offending
What is the organization of gender?
This was the event that occurred in society that was most influencing to increasing crime rates according to the theory of Cohen and Felson.
What is women's labor force participation?
There are at least two important concepts in sociology that we must consider in criminology: one is values and the other is this, or concrete guides to action.
What are norms?
White collar crime has both great financial costs and these, which can lower morale and cause individuals to lose trust in others and faith in the system.
What are social costs?
Individuals who have these can sometimes seek out or create their own criminal opportunities.
What are criminal skills?