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criminology midterm

intro to criminology midterm

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criminology Systematic study of the nature, extent, cause, and control of law-breaking behavior, focus on causes of crime
criminal justice focuses on police, court, and correctional procedures
crime as a social construct-what does this mean? how do we determine what is criminal, seriousness of behaviors, what acts deserve to be punished, changes include temporally, geographically, and contextually
consensus perspective belief that law is good, represents our values and beliefs
conflict perspective belief that most society is in conflict with each other, diff morals, values, more disagreement in what is criminal and what's not
Uniform Crime Report UCR local police departments report data to FBI
National Crime Victimization Survey NCVS interviews with people by the Census Bureau and DOJ
Self-report data SRD self-admission surveys of crime (offender-based)
differences between UCR and NCVS UCR is reported crimes only, NCVS is unreported and reported crimes
UCR strengths most reliable murder rate, nationwide data, 90-95% participation
UCR weaknesses Hierarchial rule, dark figure of crime
NCVS strengths adresses the dark figure of crime, detailed info, nationally representative sample
NCVS weaknesses expensive, false or mistaken reporting, faulty memory
SRD strengths offending behaviors, not susceptible to politicization or manipulation
SRD weaknesses faulty memory, attrition, falsification, interviewer measurement error
dark figure of crime only reported crimes, undercounting
hierarchial rule only the most serious crime is counted towards statistic
trends in violent and property crime rate decreasing
qualitative research textual/visual, asks why?, interviews, case studies, ethnography, goal is to explore and understand
quantitative research numerical, asks how much of something there is, crime rates, surveys, stats, goal is to measure and test
why does research matter? understand the causes of crime, evaluate crime policy, inform laws and justice practices, challenge myths about crime
why does theory matter? use theory to help create methods to deal with crime and criminal behavior
demonological perspective of crime supernatural forces caused criminal behavior, dominant school of thought until 1700s, punishments were excessive and cruel
classical school perspective human behavior is hedonistic (seek pleasure avoid pain), is rational, exercises free will
deterrence theory people will be deterred from committing crime if there are consequences
specific deterrence deter criminal behavior of an individual who has already engaged in crime and went through our punishment system
general deterrence applies to every other person who has either directly or indirectly thought about committing crime
what is the sole role of punishment according to the classical school? role of punishment is preventing crime
what are the three ingredients for effective punishment? certainty, speed, severity
early biological positivism/theories Cesare Lombroso, social darwinsim, feeblemindedness and physical inferiority, heredity
cesare lombroso theory the criminal man 1876- characteristics of a criminal: twisted nose, excessive cheekbonees, long arms, excessive wrinkles, large jaw, large chin
social darwinsim theory criminals were "not as evolved"
feedblemindedness and physical inferiority theory criminal behavior was the result of mental defects or genetic deficiencies, criminals are subhuman and biologically inferior
heredity the jukes (1877) criminality is inheritied from generation to generation
Eugenics Movement can make a superior race and society by controlling genes
differences between classical and early biological school
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