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a social science discipline in the study of how laws are formed, the breaking of laws, and society's
Criminology
reaction to breaking these laws
A criminological perspective in which all parts of society are harmonious, there is a general
consensus on core set of values, society is viewed as a stable entity (with crime as the
Consensus Perspective
dysfunction of that entity), and views crime as a violation of law (laws internalize the consensus)
therefore is a violation of the consensus
A criminological perspective that assumes that crime is best understood in terms of conflict or
Conflict Perspective
tension between competing groups.
A criminological perspective that assumes that our social behavior is conditioned by the roles
Interactionist Perspective and statuses we accept, the groups to which we belong, and the institutions within which we
function
Crime Behavior that violates a criminal law and is subject to punishment by the state.
Deviance Behavior that violates social norms (may or may not violate any state laws).
Something made wrong by legislation
Malum Prohibitum e.x. speed limit violations, hunting season violations, curfew laws, feeding the homeless in PA,
illegal immigration
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, An act that is wrong or evil itself
Malum in Se
e.x. murder, rape, robbery, larceny, assault
Asserts that criminal behavior is not based on free will, but stems from social, biological, and
Positivist Criminology
psychological factors.
The extent to which the instrument would produce identical scores if it were used to make
Reliability
multiple measurements of the same object
Validity The extent to which the instrument measures what it was intended to measure
Official Sources Data collected by the state or federal governments
A national set of crime statistics for analysis that has all known offenses and arrests (clearances
Uniform Crime Report made). It is housed in FBI national database with 18,000 law enforcement agencies contribute.
Arrest information on each offender includes race, region, age, gender
Murder and nonnegligent homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor
Part 1 offenses
vehicle theft, larceny-theft, and arson
simple assault, curfew offenses and loitering, embezzlement, forgery and counterfeiting,
disorderly conduct, driving under the influence, drug offenses, fraud, gambling, liquor offenses,
Part 2 offenses
offenses against the family, prostitution, public drunkenness, runaways, sex offenses, stolen
property, vandalism, vagrancy, and weapons offenses
A survey conducted annually by the Bureau of Justice Statistics that provides data on surveyed
National Crime Victimization Survey
households that report they were affected by crime
Unofficial Crime Reports A survey asking offenders about their own crimes instead of asking the police or the victim
Correlation A measure of of a mutual relationship between two or more factors
Causation A relationship in which 1 action or event due to a factor is the direct consequence of another
The relationship between chronological age and offending, showing that the prevalence of
Age Crime Curve
offending peaks in late adolescence.
Homosocial Relations A selection of people who select incumbents who are socially similar to themselves
Sex-typing Stereotypical categorization of individuals based on what is typical of that sex
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