Crim 249 Exam 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Crim 249 Exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Criminology - CORRECT ANSWER- Scientific study of crime as a social phenomenon.
Researched based, and heavy in theory.
statistical deviance - CORRECT ANSWER- uncommon behaviors that are not necessarily
violating norms
normative dev...
Crim 249 Exam 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Criminology - CORRECT ANSWER - Scientific study of crime as a soc ial phenomenon. Researched based, and heavy in theory. statistical deviance - CORRECT ANSWER - uncommon behaviors that are not necessarily violating norms normative deviance - CORRECT ANSWER - violates a social norm leading to negative response from societ y. Things that people deem offensive. Institutionalized deviants - CORRECT ANSWER - people who will be viewed as deviants in most or all contexts, and it may or may not be intentional rare deviants - CORRECT ANSWER - people who are sometimes deviant but ot herwise treated normally crime - CORRECT ANSWER - action or failure to act that is prohibited by law and subject to legal sanction Mala in se - CORRECT ANSWER - illegal because these acts aare seen as morally wrong, with a strong agreement across time and societies Mala prohibita - CORRECT ANSWER - acts deemed wrong because they're illegal Examples of mala in se crimes - CORRECT ANSWER - Murder Crimes against children Theft Examples of mala prohibita crimes - CORRECT ANSWER - Victimless crimes; drug crimes, consensual sex crimes Concensus perspective - CORRECT ANSWER - laws come from an agreement by the majority of people, reflecting mainstream values. More common with mala in se crimes conflict perspective - CORRECT ANSWER - Laws created by governing power(political group, economic group, religious group, etc) intended to maintain their power and control. Pluralistic Perspective - CORRECT ANSWER - Laws come from a process of d ebating. interactionalist perspective - CORRECT ANSWER - Laws come from powerful individuals known as moral crusaders. Not necessarily gov. officials. Moral crusaders use their platform(media) to push for stigmatizing behavior and creating laws based on th eir own moral reasons What system(law perspective) can result in a minority position becoming a law? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pluralistic What approach to law(perspective) does the U.S legal system use? - CORRECT ANSWER - the pluralistic approach Theory - CORRE CT ANSWER - scientific explanation of phenomenon. Uses research and observations to provide an explanation of evidence Theories need to be - CORRECT ANSWER - testable and falsifiable. They cannot be opinions, beliefs, etc. Scientific law - CORRECT ANSWER - has an abundance of research support and has no known exceptions. Factual and observable Scientific theory - CORRECT ANSWER - working explanations for observations Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER - preliminary and testable assumption for how phenomenon are connected
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