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Criminology Exam 3 Questions withCorrect Answers
Which type of burglars are the least skilled thieves? - Answer-Junkies
_____ criminals tend to commit crimes like larceny/theft and burglary on the regular -
Answer-conventional
Which of the following is a characteristic of a professional criminal? - Answer-usually not
a drug addict
The theory that suggests individuals are deviant because they have been tagged is... -
Answer-Labeling
Power Elite - Answer-C. Wright Mill's theory that argues a small group of corporate,
military, and political elites run the USA
Higher Immorality - Answer-Term used to describe the moral insensibility of the power
elite
Criminaloid - Answer-Those who display criminal like behavior
Types of Violent Offenders - Answer-Culturally: grew up in a sub culture where violence
is an acceptable problem solving mechanism
Situationally: commit acts of violence on rare occasion, often under provocation
Criminally: use violence as means of accomplishing criminal act, such as robbery
Types of Violent Crimes - Answer-Murder and homicide
Assault and battery
Rape
Robbery
Interpersonal Violence
Pyrrhic Victory - Answer-A victory purchased at such a high cost it amounts to defeat
Integrated Theories - Answer-Elliot's: Anomie-strain theory, social control, and learning
theory
Thornberry's: Social learning, social control, social culture/structure
Assault - Answer-Either attempted battery or intentionally frightening a victim by word or
deed
, Serial Killer - Answer-Someone who kills at least three people at in three or more
separate events
Serial Killer Typologies - Answer-Visionaries: induced by voices from psychosis
Mission oriented: mission to rid society of undesirables
Hedonist: Thrill seekers, murer for comfort, profit, or pleasure
Power/Control: enjoy power and control, love to watch people suffering
Spree Killers - Answer-A killer of multiple victims whose murders occur over a relatively
short span of time and often follow no pattern
Mass Murderers - Answer-Kill at least four people in one single event
Historical Roots of Violence in the USA - Answer-1) Revolutionary doctrine expounded
in Declaration of Independence
2) Prolonged frontier experience, legitimated vigilante justice
3) Competitive hierarchy of immigrants
4) Pervasive fear of governmental power which defined freedom negatively as "freedom
from"
5) social dislocation and migration of industrial revolution
6) unmatched prosperity combined with unequal distribution and opportunity
Global Fallacy - Answer-Error of attempting to have a specific theory to explain all crime
Theoretical Range - Answer-Types of crime a theory is intended to cover
Criminal Behavior Systems - Answer-A typology of crime that looks at identification with
crime, societal reaction, and group involvement. There are nine types:
1) violent personal crime
2) occasional property crime
3) occupational crime
4) corporate crime
5) political crime
6) public order crime
7) conventional crime
8) organized crime
9) professional crime
Postmodernism - Answer-Theoretical approach that attacks modernity and scientific
rationality
Criminal Typologies - Answer-A way to categorize crime and criminals, the classification
of crime and criminals
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