Crime & Deviance
Behavior that involves routinely breaking social norms
Secondary Deviance
This is the most common form of violent crime.
Domestic Violence
Form of prejudice that builds upon past experience and occurs automatically during quick decisions.
Implicit/Unconscious Bias
This crackdown on buying/selling drugs began under President Nixon and has led to our system of mass incarceration.
War on Drugs
This term refers to prisoners reoffending and ending up back in the system upon their release.
Recidivism
This experiment demonstrated that people will commit acts of deviance when told to by an authority figure (shocking!).
Milgram Experiment
Most gun deaths in America are _______
Suicides
This Amendment states that law enforcement needs a warrant in order to search you and/or your property.
4th Amendment
Michelle Alexander calls our modern system of mass incarceration this.
The "New Jim Crow"
This theory of criminal behavior holds that people from poor neighborhoods often turn to crime due to a lack of opportunities and institutional supports.
Social Disorganization Theory (also called Social Structure Theory)
This theory of criminal behavior maintains that people will naturally break the rules unless social institutions teach them to conform.
Social Control Theory
Deliberate and intentional killing another person but without premeditation.
2nd Degree Murder
This policing strategy involves changing community perceptions by addressing minor crimes.
Broken Windows Theory
This era of criminal punishment emphasized reflection through solitary confinement (bonus if you can name the religious group that pushed this model)
Penitentiary Period (Quakers)
According to this case, the police may only use deadly force if the offender poses a threat.
Tennessee v. Garner
Specific, General, Negligence, and Strict Liability are levels of this.
Criminal Intent
A mass shooting involves ___ or more deaths in a single incident. On average such shootings occur once per ___ in America.
4+ Deaths
1 per Day
These are the 4 main functions of law enforcement.
Enforcing Laws
Maintaining Order
Preventing Crime
Providing Services
___ of the 50 states have banned the Death Penalty, often under the 'Cruel and Unusual Punishment' clause of the ___ Amendment
20 of 50 have banned capital punishment
8th Amendment
These are the 4 levels of criminal offenses
Status Offense
Petty Offense
Misdemeanor
Felony
To be a crime, these 4 elements must all be present.
Prohibited Act
Criminal Intent
Concurrence
Causation
These are the 4 archetypal motivations of serial killers.
Visionary
Mission Oriented
Hedonistic
Power/Control
These three situations make up the 'No Expectation of Privacy' exception to the warrant rule.
Plain View
Open Field
Abandoned Property
These are the 4 main purposes of criminal punishment.
Retribution
Incapacitation
Deterrence
Rehabilitation & Restoration
1 in __ African American men are incarcerated at some point in their lifetime (bonus points for the fraction of white men)
1 in 3 African Americans
(1 in 17 white men)