Types of Crime
This is the willful killing of a human being by another.
What is murder?
_______ and crime have a strong correlation. People experiencing this lack resources that they cannot get through legitimate means.
What is poverty?
This is the total number of U.S. Supreme Court Justices
What is 9?
The United States has roughly 5% of the world population and ____% of the worlds prisoners.
What is 25%
This is a behavior that violates official law and is punishable through formal sanctions.
What is crime?
Drinking underage, taking illegal drugs and prostitution are all examples of this type of crime.
What is victimless crime?
This is the name of the theory where a person weighs the costs and benefits of a crime and will commit the crime if the benefits outweigh the cost.
What is the Rational Choice theory?
This is the typical number of court systems that exist in each state.
What is 3?
This is an old form of public humiliation where people who committed offenses would be placed in a contraption known as the _________ and people would publically humiliate them.
What are the Stocks?
This is the exchange of prosecutorial and judicial concessions for pleas of guilty.
What is a plea bargain?
This the type of non-violent crime that is described as the unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another.
What is larceny?
This is the name of the theory that says that society decides whether someone is deviant or not and then that person accepts what society says about them.
What is the Labeling theory?
Approximately how many Courts limited courts of jurisdiction are there?
What is 15,000?
Approximately how many jails are there in the United States?
What is 3,200?
These are rewards given for conforming to norms.
What are positive sanctions?
This is the fraudulent acquisition and use of a person’s private identifying information, usually for financial gain.
What is identity theft?
This is the age range of people who commit the most crimes.
What is 10-24?
Approximately how many Courts of General Jurisdiction are there?
What is 2,000?
This is a type of prison that looks like a fortress with high stone walls and guard towers. Every activity of a prisoners day is highly controlled.
What is a Maximum-Security Prison?
_____________ are norms without any moral underpinnings.
What is a folkway?
This is the unlawful attack by one person upon another, accompanied by the use of a weapon, for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury.
What is aggravated assault?
What is the Differential Association theory?
What is "last resort"?
According to research, what percentage of state prisoners were arrested again within 9 years of their release?
What is 83%
___________ are norms that embody the moral views and principles of a group.
What are mores?