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Criminology
CCJS105 Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mens Rea | Guilty mind- the mental element of a crime or the intent to commit a criminal act. |
| criminology | the scientific study of the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal behavior |
| Mala En Se | acts that are outlawed because they violate basic moral values rape, murder, assult, and robbery |
| Mala Prohibita | acts that are outlawed because they clash with current norms and public opinion such as tax, traffic, drug laws |
| Deviant Vs. Criminal Behavior | Deviant- social harm/ departs social norms Criminal- Violation of the law |
| URC Vs. Dark Figure of Crime | Uniform Crime Report= database complied by FBI of crimes reported and arrests made Dark Figure- Crimes which remain wither undiscovered or unreported by police |
| Victim Surveys | a statistical survey such as NCVS that measures the amount, nature, and patterns of victimization in the population |
| Social Disorder theory | social disorganization the subset of social structure theriores, what happens when social controls breakdown |
| Subculture of Violence | norms and customs that in contrast to society's dominant value system legitimize and expect the useof violence to resolve social conflicts |
| Philosophies of punishment | Retributuion-punishement inflicted on a persons who commits crime gerneral detterence- punishment of criminals to serve as examples specific deterrence-punishment with intent to discourage future crime committing incapitation- deprivation of capacity, |
| Philosophies of punishment 2 | incapitation- deprivation of capacity- prision rehabilitation- restoring convicted offender to a constructive placethru vocational, education, or therapy |
| Homocide | the unlawful killing of a human being. with intent to harm |
| Lombroso | the idea that criminals are borm deviant which strongly is influences by his medical background |
| Classical school of criminology | the perspective suggesting that people have free will to choose criminal or convential behaviors, committ crime for person need, crime control by fear of criminal sanctions |
| Ecological view | social forces operate in urban areas which create criminal interations ex. hood become natural crime areas |
| Conflict perspective | the view that human behavior is shaped by interpersonal conflict and those who maintain social power will use it to further their own needs |
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