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CRIMINOLOGY 249 EXAM 1 STUDY
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
CriminologyA-AANSWERAItAisAtheAscientificAstudyAofAcrimeAasAaAsocialAphenomenon

Nomothetic,Aresearch-basedAdiscipline,AheavyAinAtheory



DevianceA(statisticalAdefinition)A-AANSWERAUncommonAorArareAcharacteristicsAorAbehaviors



DevianceA(normativeAdefinition)A-
AANSWERASomethingAthatAviolatesAaAsocialAnormAandAthatAcanAleadAtoAaAnegativeAresponseAbyAsociety



ThingsApeopleAfindAoffensiveAorAdevalueAorAcondemn



InstitutionalizedADeviantsA(oneAofAtwoAtypesAofAdeviants)A-
AANSWERAPeopleAwhoAwillAbeAviewedAasAdeviantsAinAmostAorAallAcontextsAandAcannotAshakeAthat



SometimesAintentional,AsometimesAnot



RareADeviantsA(twoAofAtwoAtypesAofAdeviants)A-
AANSWERAPeopleAwhoAareAdeviantAsometimesAbutAotherAotherwiseAtreatedAasA"normal"




WhatAisAcrimeA-AANSWERAActionAorAaAfailureAtoAactAthatAis:

ProhibitedAbyAlaw,Aand

SubjectAtoAlegalAsanction

DeterminedAbyAstatute,AcommonAlaw,Adecree,Aetc.

GovernmentsAorApseudo-governments



WhatAisAMalaAinAse?A-AANSWERAIllegalAbecauseAtheyAareAwrong/bad

Examples:

MostAviolentAcrimes

TheftAofAtangibleAproperty

, CrimesAagainstAchildren



WhatAisAMalaAprohibita?A-AANSWERAWrongAbecauseAtheyAareAillegal

LawsAareAmoreAcontextual

ActsAdoAnotAtendAtoAhaveAdirectAvictims

Examples:

ConsenualAsexAcrimesA(sodomyAlaws,Apornography,Aprosititution)

MostAdrugAcrimes,AespeciallyApossession

LawsAgoverningAclothing



ConsensusAPerspectiveA-AANSWERALawsAcomeAfromAagreementAbyAtheAmajority

ReflectAmainstreamAvaluesAthroughArepresentation

MinorityAviewsAareAsilenced



ConflictAPerspectiveA-
AANSWERALawsAcomeAfromApowerfulAgroupsAwhoAuseAtheAlawAtoAmaintainAthatApower



Political

Religious

Economic



PluralisticAPerspectiveA-AANSWERAReasoning

Debate

Legislation

SometimesAoverridesAmajority



InteractionistAPerspectiveA-
AANSWERAMoralAcrusadersAuseAlabelsAandAtheAmediaAtoAstigmatizeAbehaviorsAandAcreateAlawsAforAtheirAm

oralAreasons



TheoriesA-AANSWERAAAscientificAexplanationAofAsomeAphenomena

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