People
Founding sociologist who identified the bourgeoisie and proletariat classes
Who is Karl Marx?
Crimes against people or property that are motivated by prejudice based on race, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity
What are hate crimes?
FBI
What is the Federal Bureau of Investigation?
The highly publicized trial where a former football star was acquitted of murder charges in 1995
What is the OJ Simpson Trial?
Legal term for the mental state of intent to commit a crime
What is Mens Rea?
Notorious serial killer from the late 1960's, he founded a hippie cult group known as "the Family" whom he manipulated into brutally killing others on his behalf.
Who is Charles Manson?
Category of crime including common theft-related offenses including auto theft, shoplifting, and credit card fraud
What is street crime?
What is the Central Intelligence Agency?
Trial of 2 brothers who were convicted of murdering their wealthy parents in Beverly Hills in 1989
What is the Menendez Brothers Case?
Legal principle that protects against unlawful imprisonment
What is Habeas Corpus?
Known for his chilling "Murder Castle," this man killed at least 9 confirmed people during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.
Who is the H.H. Holmes?
Criminal activities that are planned and controlled by powerful groups and carried out on a large scale
What is organized crime?
DOJ
What is the Department of Justice?
Series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts in the late 1600s
What is the Salem Witch Trials?
Legal doctrine that prevents an individual from being tried twice for the same offense
What is Double Jeopardy?
Leader of the Heaven’s Gate cult that led 39 people in a mass suicide in 1997 with the belief that they would be transported to a spaceship following the Hale-Bopp comet
Who is Marshall Applewhite?
The concealment of the origins of illegally obtained money, typically by means of transfers involving foreign banks or legitimate businessesNine-Nine!)
What is money laundering?
NIBRS (hint: think crime statistics)
What is the National Incident-Based Reporting System?
Infamous 1932 case involving the abduction and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s son?
What is the Lindbergh Kidnapping?
Legal term for laws that apply retroactively, typically to the disadvantage of the accused
What is Ex Post Facto?
Sociologist known for her groundbreaking work on Black feminist thought and the concept of the "matrix of domination” and the first Black woman president of the American Sociological Association
Who is Patricia Hill Collins?
The action of killing a king (hint: one of the “cides”)
What is regicide?
OJJDP (hint: think young offenders)
What is the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention?
Corporate fraud case that led to the bankruptcy of a major corporation in 2001
What is the Enron Scandal?
Agreement in a criminal case where the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for a lighter sentence
What is Plea Bargain?