Nature and Extent of Crime
An act committed or omitted in violation of a law.
Focuses on the process of branding people as criminals and the effects.
What is the Labeling theory
Large-scale operation, sometimes related to the Mafia.
What is Organized Crime
This occupation is considered the gatekeepers for the criminal justice system
Who are the Police
This type of court uses a "child-saving" approach
What is the Juvenile Court
A formal social rule that is enforced by a political authority.
What is a law
What is the Psychodynamic Problem-Solving Theory
This type of crime costs taxpayers an estimated $500 billion.
What is White-Collar Crime
More than 90% of convictions in the US are obtained not in court but through this process
What is Plea Bargaining
This type of approach would focus on identifying ways to curb the tendency to break the law
What is Reformative Approach
Crime in the United States is an annual publication released by this organization.
What is the FBI
This theory asserts that criminal behavior is the result of a learning process that primarily occurs in small, intimate groups.
What is the Differential Association Theory
Who is WorldCom
The first juvenile court was established in 1899 in this city and state
What is Cook County, Illinois
Suggestions such as owning a dog that barks/bites, turning exterior lighting over doors, and not leaving keys under a doormat all help at preventing people from becoming this
What is a Crime Victim
The tendency of police departments to place more emphasis (ex. arresting, targeting) on those of minorities.
What is racial profiling
The Psychoanalytic Theory is based on the work of this 20th century psychoanalyst.
Who is Sigmund Freud
This type of crime constitutes the largest category of criminals with activities far exceeding reports crimes of any other type
What is Public-Order Crimes
Approaches such as exile, physical torture, and imprisonment can be categorized as this
What is Punitive Approach
Many probation and parole officers are trained in this line of work
What is Social Work
Patterns of racial injustice
What is Institutional Racism
Walter Miller argues that American lower-class culture is more conducive to crime than this group.
Who are the Middle-Class
This type of gang has a primary goal of material gain through criminal activity
What are Criminal Gangs
Granted by the courts and involves suspending the sentence of a convicted offender
What is Probation
In the field of corrections, these two important factors influence treatment
What are Custody-Treatment Conflict and Offenders' "Con Games"