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Criminology Exam 1 Questions withCorrect Answers
Criminology - Answer-The scientific study of crime and criminal behavior
Crime - Answer-Violations of social law
Progression of Knowledge - Answer-Comte's theory that knowledge has historically
progressed from theological to metaphysical to science
Deviance - Answer-Behavior that is outside the limits of societal toleration
Norms - Answer-Prescribed rules of conduct
Folkways - Answer-Nice customs, traditions, or less serious norms
Mores - Answer-More social serious informal social controls
Laws - Answer-Written rules that are more serious norms and contain sanctions
Mala Prohibita - Answer-Acts that are bad due to being prohibited
Mala in se - Answer-Acts that are bad in themselves
Undercriminalization - Answer-The underuse of the criminal law to control deviant
activity
Overcriminalization - Answer-The overuse of criminal law as an attempt to control
deviant activity
Gemeinschaft - Answer-A communal or folk society
Gesellschaft - Answer-An associational or heterogeneous society (modern society)
Manifest Functions - Answer-Intended or planned consequences of social arrangements
Latent Functions - Answer-Unexplained, unanticipated consequences of social activity
Functional Necessity of Crime - Answer-Durkheim's theory that society defines itself be
reacting to crime and wrongdoing
Consensus Model of Law - Answer-The belief that criminal law originates in the will of
the majority
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