1
This is a socially produced problem.
Crime
If the victim is afraid, embarrassed or plans on getting revenge the act sometimes goes __________________
unreported
This crime occurs when a business takes unfair advantage of consumers an competitors.
White Collar
Most serious offenses
Part I
Least serious offenses
Part II Crimes
Laws pertaining to prostitution, gambling, alcohol and drug use all involve the ____________________ order of society.
Moral
This crime is the attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or putting the victim in fear.
Robbery
Drug use, prostitution, and gambling are examples of what type of crime ?
Victimless Crimes
Age of consent in NY
17
What is the purpose of the juvenile justice system?
Second Chance or rehabilitation
This type of assault does not include assaults with a weapon
Simple Assault
Unjust, Tyrannical
Oppressive
two sources that give individuals their impressions of crime.
Media and own experiences
The _____________ fall victim to crimes of violence more often than any other class of citizens.
poor
A process or technique for achieving a result
mechanism
Concerning principles of right or wrong behavior
Moral
Media overexposure of violent crimes has two negative effects. It tends to make people unreasonably fearful for their safety and
present violent crimes as typical
Acting or thinking that is characteristic of a people
Folkway
The law is one means of _________________ control
social
a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.
Felony
These Crimes can result in a Life sentence in prison or capitol punishment
Felonies A-1
What does UCR stand for and who puts in the information?
Uniform Crime Report, FBI
The unlawful misappropriation or misapplication by an offender to his/her own use or purpose of money, property, or some other thing of value entrusted to his/her care, custody, or control. is the definition of what?
Embezzlement
What are means of transportation that are not considered Motor Vehicle thefts
Motorboats and trains
The juvenile justice system acts as _______________________, or in place of the parent, in deciding what is in the best interest of the child when a parent is incapable of unwilling todo so.
Parentis Parens