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Criminology Exam 1 Part 3 Questions and Answers
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Criminology Exam 1 Part 3 Questionsand Answers
What percent of convicted felony defendants are found guilty by a jury instead of a
judge? - Answer-less than 10%
How much of the average police officer's time is spent fighting crime as opposed to
other activities? - Answer-10-20%
In terms of race and class, who is portrayed as the typical criminal in the US? - Answer-
must considered type of crime to answer this
consider stereotypes
What is the most common crime measured by the FBI? - Answer-property crime
What are some of the images routinely conveyed about crime in the mass media? -
Answer-implies that there is a lot of crime
(shows such as Law & Order, CSI, and the news )
What is a common crime myth regarding race and crime that the media portrays? -
Answer-that African Americans are more common criminals
How does the media contribute to crime myths? - Answer-selecting who they interview
value-laden language
misleading data (such as numbers vs rates)
emphasizing violent crime
failing to provide context (social/historical)
What is the biggest danger regarding media and how it portrays crime? - Answer-
perpetuating stereotypes in society
What are structural correlates concerned with? - Answer-the social and physical
characteristics of locations in which people live
What are examples of structural correlates? - Answer-gender
class
age
race
population size
How does gender play a factor in terms of fearing of crime? - Answer-women are often
more fearful (especially in reference to rape), men fall victim more often to other crimes
, How does race play a factor in terms of fearing crime? - Answer-African Americans are
more fearful of crime than white people, and are more likely to be a victim
What does sociological criminology emphasize? - Answer-the social roots of crime
(social factors help produce crime)
What does structural criminology emphasize? - Answer-the role of communities and the
influence of social location
What is meant by social location? - Answer-The groups people belong to because of
their place or position in history and society
What is a consensus approach? - Answer-has to do with norm violations and the idea
that punishment keeps society functioning
What type of approach is Durkheim's theory? - Answer-consensus
What ideas did Durkheim contribute? - Answer-the occurrence of crime constitutes a
norm violation, and punishment of the behavior is necessary to ensure social stability
and maintain social order
What is a conflict approach? - Answer-has to do with the idea that power is a major
factor in crime
What type of approach is Marx' theory? - Answer-conflict
What type of approach is Engels' theory? - Answer-conflict
What ideas did Marx and Engels contribute? - Answer-the disagreement on norms of
society reflecting position in social structure based on inequality in wealth and power
the idea that power is a major factor
("conflict" between social classes)
When can the definition of crime be traced back to? - Answer-1933
Who's 1933 report can we trace the definition of crime to? - Answer-Michael (lawyer)
and Adler (philosopher)
According to Michael and Adler, how is crime defined? - Answer-by the criminal code
What is the legal definition of crime? - Answer-a crime must be forbidden by criminal
law
What is a factor of criminal law? - Answer-criminal law must provide punishment
What is civil law? - Answer-private (civil) suit
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