CRIME
Crimes committed by those under the age of 18.
What is Juvenile Crime?
Category of crime that makes up the predominant percentage of all crime in the U.S.
Non-violent or Property crimes.
The rate at which criminals in the U.S. recommit crime within 5 years of release from prison?
60%
An example of Rehabilitation.
What is AA, Diversion, or a Halfway House?
An example of an External Social Control
What is:
1) Your mom
2) The police
3) Your boss
4) Your administrators
According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, this percentage of crime goes unreported.
What is 2/3?
Occasional or minor acts of deviance are known as:
Primary Deviance
The phenomenon of determining the seriousness of crimes based upon the socioeconomic status of the victims.
What is Victim Discounting?
Provide a reason why the recidivism rate in the U.S. is so high.
What is:
1) Peer pressure
2) Human nature
3) Prison environment not conducive to rehabilitation
4) Fear of a new lifestyle?
Identify one of Matza & Sykes Techniques of Neutralization.
What is:
1) Denial of Injury
2) Denial of Victim
3) Appeal to Higher Loyalties
4) Condemnation of the Condemners
5) Denial of Responsibility
The difference between Robbery and Burglary.
What is Robbery is a violent crime and Burglary is not?
Economic crimes that are treated less severely by the CJS.
What are White Collar Crimes?
Phenomenon in which criminals return to criminal behavior within 5 years of their release from incarceration.
What is Recidivism?
2 conditions that must be satisfied for Deterrence to work.
What is the criminal must 1) believe there's a chance they'll be caught and 2) fear the punishment.
Explanations for why people commit acts of Negative Deviance
What is:
1) Unaware of the norm
2) Don't care about the norm
3) Hoping to gain attention
4) Desire to change the norm
This country has the highest crime rate in the world amongst Industrialized & Post-Industialized nations.
What is Russia?
The most influential factor in the outcome of criminal cases, excluding evidence.
What is money spent on legal representation?
Positive and Negative of Retribution.
Positive: It reimburses society for some of the cost of law enforcement.
Negative: It is a slap on the wrist for the wealthy and only recoups a fraction of the cost.
Positive and Negative of Deterrence.
Positive - It stops some crime from happening.
Negative - 2 conditions must be met for it to be effective.
Walter Reckless' theory centered on forces that regulate behavior.
What is Control Theory?
An undesirable and sometimes undeserved label given by society in response to deviant behavior.
What is a Stigma?
Provide two reasons crimes go unreported in the U.S.
What is:
1) Embarrassment or possible humiliation
2) Mistrust of law enforcement
3) Victim may be involved in criminal activities
4) Victim may not know they are a victim of a crime?
Identify a positive and a negative of Incarceration.
Positive - removes dangerous criminals from society.
Negative - does not rehabilitate criminals who will eventually be released from prison.
Identify a positive and a negative of Rehabilitation
Positive - Fixes criminal or deviant behavior, saves us tax dollars
Negative - Expensive and has below average success rate
Edwin Sutherland's (GO BIG RED!) theory on how people learn criminal behavior.
What is Differential Association Theory?