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AR Tech Crime Ch 1

Crime & Delinquency

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Criminology Body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. Includes making, breaking, and reacting towards laws.
Criminologists Persons who collect information on crime and criminals for study and analysis in accordance with the research methods of modern science.
Crime An act in violation of law that causes harm, is identified by law, is committed with criminal intent, and is subject to punishment.
Deviance Broad concept encompassing both illegal behavior and behavior that departs from the social norms.
Social Norms Perceived standards of acceptable behavior prevalent among members of society.
Consensus Model Model of criminal lawmaking that assumes that members of society agree on what is right and wrong and that law is the codification of agreed-upon social values.
Conflict Model Model of crime in which the criminal justice system is seen as being used by the ruling class to control the lower class. Criminological investigation of the conflicts within society is established.
Criminal Justice System The interdependent and interactive components of police, courts, and corrections that form a unified whole (a system).
Misdemeanors Crimes less sserios than a felony and subject to a maximum sentence of 1 year in jail or a fine.
Felonies Severe crimes, subject to punishment of 1 year or more in prison or to capital punishment.
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