Social Control
Measuring Crime
Theories of Crime
Numbers, Numbers, and More Numbers
Completely Irrelevant Sh**!
100
This is believed to be the oldest set of written laws...
code of Hammurabi
100
This portion of the US has consistently had the highest homicide rate for decades....
the South
100
These are the 2 broad schools of thought in criminological theory....
Classical/Positivist
100
1 in _____ people are under some type of correctional supervision in the US...
1 in 32
100
These are the 4 faces on Mt. Rushmore...
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt...
200
This is law based on judicial decisions
Common law
200
This term refers to crimes that go under-reported and do not appear in official crime statistics...
The dark figure
200
According to social disorganization theory, this is the zone where crime concentrates...
zone in transition
200
Roughly this many people are in prison/jail....
1.9 million
200
On this date in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed by the majority of the Continental Congress...
August 2, 1776
300
At this step in the criminal justice system, bail is assessed and possibly granted...
1st appearance
300
The _____ perspective states that the law is formed by the powerful and elite, while the ______ perspective is formed through societal agreement...
conflict; concensus
300
What are the 3 components of routine activities theory?
suitable target, motivated offender, lack of capable guardian
300
The US criminal justice systems costs roughly this much per year...
270 billion
300
This US President had a pet parrot that swore so much, it had to be removed from the funeral...
Andrew Jackson
400
What are the 4 possible effects of the CSI effect?
making criminals smarter, misrepresenting investigations, affecting jurors, attracting students to CRIM majors
400
What was our main source of crime data up to the year 2020 and what is the main source of our crime data now?
UCR/NIBRS
400
This is the term learning theory uses for values, attitudes and beliefs....
Definitions
400
Roughly this many people work in the criminal justice system...
2.4 million
400
This state is spelled wrong in the original the US Constitution...
500
This ideology of the criminal justice system focuses on quick and efficient control/suppression of crime
Crime Control
500
What is the formula used to calculate a crime rate?
# crimes/population * 100,000
500
There are 5 types of situational crime prevention. One is increase the effort; another is reduce rewards. What are the other 3?
Remove Excuses
Reduce provocations
increase the risks
500
This was the year of the 'great crime decline'....
1994
500
In US history, there have been 5 sets of presidents with same last names... What were those 5 last names?
Adams, Harrison, Johnson, Roosevelt, Bush