an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited
What is crime?
100
states that social structures within society may pressure citizens to commit crime.
What is Strain Theory?
100
crimes such as mugging, rape, and burglary
What are street crimes?
100
State in the Northeast with the lowest crime rate
What is Maine?
200
the act or state of departing from the norm.
What is deviance?
200
deviants justify their deviant behaviors by providing alternative definitions of their actions and by providing explanations, to themselves and others, for the lack of guilt for actions in particular situations.
What is neutralization theory?
200
nonviolent crime committed by individuals or corporations to obtain a personal or business advantage
What are white collar crimes?
200
State in the South with the highest crime rate
What is Louisiana?
300
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people
What is Anomie?
300
social groups create deviance by making the rules whose infraction constitutes deviance
What is labeling theory?
300
are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralised enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity
What are organized crimes?
300
State in the West with the highest crime rate
What is Nevada?
400
adding together the major crimes that are reported to the police who in turn report to the F.B.I. who in turn publish the findings
What is Uniform Crime Report?
400
is a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability
What is structural functional theory?
400
is an offence involving overt acts or omissions (where there is a duty to act), which prejudice the interests of the state, its government or the political system
What are political crimes?
400
State in the midwest with the lowest crime rate
What is North Dakota?
500
scientific surveys of the population and ask people if they had been victims of crime
What is National Crime Victimization Survey?
500
the environment plays a major role in deciding which norms people learn to violate.
What is Differential-association theory?
500
A crime is committed in the US every ___ seconds.
What is 20 to 30 seconds
500
State in the South west with the lowest crime rate