Intro/Ch1
the ability to evaluate claims about truth by using reason and evidence.
What is critical thinking
The arrangement of citizens promising to abide by the rules or laws set forth by a given society in return for protection is commonly referred to as the social contract.
What is the social contract
The influence of gender on offending
What is females were more influenced by the effects of shame and moral beliefs in this regard than were males.
The study of and policies related to the improvement of the human race via control over reproduction.
What is eugenics
This is who is considered the father of sociology
Who is Emile Durkheim
Anomie and who created the concept
What is when a society has missing, weak, or unclear norms anomie has occurred. "Normlessness". Who is Emile Durkheim.
Mens rea
What is the role of intent
A perspective that criminologists adapted from economists, who used it to explain a variety of individual decisions regarding a variety of behaviors.
What is Rational Choice Theory
The Father of Criminology
Dr. Malone earned his PhD from this institution
What is Texas A&M University
A set of concepts linked together by a series of statements to explain why an event or phenomenon occurs.
What is theory
All-seeing eye and its creator
What is the Panopticon and Jeremy Bentham
Hotspots
What is the place where the three elements of routine activities theory converge
What is 100
Dr. Malone spent this many years at his prior institution (name the institution as well)
What is 6 years at Coker University/Coker College
This mala in se and mala prohibita
What is mala in se is something that is evil within itself while mala prohibita is something evil because its prohibited.
This person is credited for the following:
Invention of salaried police and prosecution, crime reporting, crime records, social welfare as crime prevention strategies
Who is Henry Fielding
Three elements of routine activities theory
What are motivated offender, lack of guardianship, and vulnerable target
This book argued that African Americans tended to score lowest, whereas Asians and Jewish people tended to score highest on IQ tests
What is the Bell Curve
Dr. Malone's dissertation test this sociological theory
What is Merton's Status Exchange theory
These are the three survey measurements of crime discussed in class
Uniform Crime Report, National Crime Victimization Survey, and the Self Report Studies
This is Beccaria's position on the death penalty and why
What is Beccaria was against the use of capital punishment as it violated the social contract which would have a negative impact on society. Moreover, he believed it was an ineffective deterrent
A modern adaptation of routine activities theory Dr. Malone discussed in class
What is Geographic profiling, which uses satellite positioning systems to incorporate computer software for a Global Positioning System (GPS) to identify the exact location of every crime that takes place in a given jurisdiction.
The significance of the Buck vs Bell case
What is the case dealt with the issue of sterilizing individuals who had scored, or whose parents had scored, as mentally deficient on intelligence scales. The US Supreme Court upheld the use of sterilization for the purposes of limiting reproduction among those considered "feebleminded" according to an IQ score.