Crime and Criminal Justice
This is the study of crime using a sociological perspective, which seeks to understand how crime and society's response to it are socially constructed
Criminology
This data collection tool is based upon police reports
UCR
Gambling and Prostitution are both examples of mala en se or mala prohibita crimes?
Mala prohibita
This perspective on justice emphasizes deterrence theory and aims to control offenders via harsh punishments
Crime Control
Name one crime discussed in class that is not considered deviant
J-walking
Speeding
Underage drinking/smoking
This data collection method excludes homicide and crimes committed against children under the age of 11
NCVS
This form of criminal law outlines what conduct is criminal and prescribes the punishment
Substantive
This perspective on justice utilizes the sociological imagination and views crime as an offshoot of social inequality
Rehabilitation
Parents taking away a child's phone for getting in trouble in school is an example of this form of social control.
Informal
This is known as the dark figure of crime
Rape
The process in which previous court rulings set the precident for future cases with similar circumstances is known as
Stare decisis
This perspective argues that a guilty party should walk free if their individual liberties are not upheld
Due Process
The creation of harsher laws for crack cocaine resulting in disproportionate punishments for crack cocaine users over cocaine users or the criminalization of marijuana despite general apathy by large portions of society are examples of which perspective of crime?
Conflict
The strongest correlation within the field of criminology is the correlation between _______ and crime
Criminal intent is also know as this term
Mens rea
This perspective most accurately concerned with the differences in treatment received by Brock Turner and Corey Batey
Equal Justice
Despite arguments against racial bias in the criminal justice system, this legal factor in criminal justice decision making often illuminates racial bias when one takes a closer look on how it is obtained
Prior Record
The practice of redlining in which majority Black and Brown neighborhoods were locked out of buying a home resulting in de-investment, unequal resource allocation, and more formal control is an example of this form of racial bias.
Structural bias
Speeding and running red lights while driving a person who is in active labor to the hospital would be an example of which form of criminal defense?
Necessity
What is the main assumption of deterrence theory that is often a primary reason as to why is not generally shown to be successful?
The actors are rational