Crime & Criminology
It is described as the breaking of established laws made by local, state & federal legislatures.
What is Crime?
This data tracking report includes Part I & Part II index crimes.
What is the Uniform Crime Report (UCR)?
This term was coined to help explain how victims of violence & abuse grow up to be violent & abusive.
What is the Cycle of Violence?
This theory holds that for some, criminality is the result of decision making where the offender weighs the costs vs. the benefits.
What is Rational Choice Theory?
This theory argues intelligence is largely determined genetically and is linked to criminal behavior.
What is Nature Theory?
These views reflect the values, beliefs, & opinions of society's mainstream.
What is the Consensus View?
This report will be a standard crime data collection report in 2021.
What is the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)?
This theory suggests those who live in socially disorganized areas have a greater risk of coming into contact with criminals.
What is the Deviant Place Theory?
This is the crime control policy that depends on the public's fear of criminal penalties.
What is General Deterrence?
This theory holds that the ability to form emotional bonds to another person has lasting effects that follow people through their lifespan.
What is Attachment Theory?
Common law crimes such as murder & arson have this Latin name.
What is mala in se?
This crime report reflects the dark figure of crime.
What is the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)?
This theory suggests predatory crime is possible when a motivated offender, a suitable target & the absence of a capable guardian intersect.
What is the Routine Activities Theory?
The idea that keeping offenders locked up will eliminate their ability to commit future offenses.
What is Incapacitation?
This theory states that physical, environmental, & social conditions together produce human behavior.
What is Biosocial Theory?
These two are described as elements of a crime.
What are actus rea and mens rea?
Part of this hypothesis suggests juries are less likely to convict women.
What is the Chivalry hypothesis?
This theory holds that victims may be partially responsible for their victimization by either their passive or active participation.
What is Victim Precipitation Theory?
The philosophy of justice that asserts those who violate the rights of others deserve to be punished.
What is Just Desert?
One of the elements of this theory states human behavior is influenced by observing human social interactions.
What is Social Learning Theory?
Laws that find the 'offender' guilty just because s/he committed the act are said to be this.
What are strict liability?
This name is given to the type of crime committed by the poor to compensate for their lack of economic opportunities.
What are Instrumental Crimes?
This is a condition of probation where the offender compensates society or the victim for the trouble s/he caused.
What are restitution agreements?
The view that if punishment is severe enough, convicted offenders ill be deterred from repeating their criminal activity.
What is Specific Deterrence?
Elements of this theory suggest those with abnormal reactions to situations may have cognitive deficits.
What is Cognitive Theory?