Dark figure of crime - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Multiple Choice 1. This type of crime generally involve a criminal action against another person. a. Violent offense b. Status offense c. Crimes against the government d. Victimless crimes Ans: A Answer Location: Violent Offenses Learning Objective: 1, Identify the six different categories of crime Cognitive Domain: Knowledge Difficulty Level: Easy Question Type: MC 2. The most common category of crime is __________. a. violent offense b. status offense c. victimless c...

Problems with defining crime - Time, age and cultural relativism Official statistics - Government records of the total number of crimes reported and recorded Dark figure - Number of crimes that go unreported or unrecorded Victim surveys - Asks people to document crimes they have been a victim of in the past year Offender surveys - Involves people self reporting the number and types of crimes they have committed Offender profiling - Aims to narrow the list of suspects Top down approach - M...

Criminology Exam 1 UMD Mal in Se -Latin phrase that means evil or no good -wrong or evil in themselves -Core of legal code=homoicide and robbery -shown wrong by nature Mala Prohibita -Wrong because a particular place or time said they can't do it. -prohibited -smoking weed is legal some places but illegal (prohibited) in others -wrong because prohibited *changes over time in society are gambling and prositiution Edwin Sutherlands definition- The scientific study of lawmaking,...

True / False 1. The UCR presents the most comprehensive representation of victim data in the United States. a. True b. False ANSWER: False REFERENCES: Measuring Crime in the United States LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.GAMI.15.03.03 - 03.03 KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember 2. Rates of arrest have risen much more quickly for women than for men over the past decade. a. True b. False ANSWER: True REFERENCES: Crime Trends in the United States LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CJIA.GAMI.15.03.09 - 03.09 KEYWORDS:...

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR Multiple Choice 1. Criminal behavior is best defined as: a) antisocial behavior. b) deviant behavior beha vior. c) an intentional act in violation of a criminal code. d) behavior that impedes the criminal process. e) forbidden behavior. Answer: c 2. Psychological criminology focuses on how individual criminal behavior is: a) acquired. b) evoked. c) maintained. d) a and c only. e) all of the above. Answer: e 3. The narrow range of offenses that do not r...

Victim correct answers A person who has suffered physical, emotional, and/or financial harm because of illegal activities. Victimology correct answers The study of the role of the victim in the crime and the criminal justice process. Victimologist correct answers The person who studies crime victims. Victimless correct answers You cannot pinpoint a specific victim other than the doer. Victim Precipitation correct answers The degree of victim responsibility for what happened to them. ...

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the process by which people become widely regarded as deviant? [1 mark] A Labelling B Profiling C Self-fulfilling prophecy D Social mobility What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the agency responsible for punishing offenders? [1 mark] A Deterrent system B Prison system C Rehabilitation system D Welfare system Describe one example of deviance. Identify and describe one way sociologists attempt to measu...

Criminology Exam 1 UMD Mal in Se -Latin phrase that means evil or no good -wrong or evil in themselves -Core of legal code=homoicide and robbery -shown wrong by nature Mala Prohibita -Wrong because a particular place or time said they can't do it. -prohibited -smoking weed is legal some places but illegal (prohibited) in others -wrong because prohibited *changes over time in society are gambling and prositiution Edwin Sutherlands definition- The scientific study of lawmaking,...

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the process by which people become widely regarded as deviant? 1 AO1 = 1 mark A (Labelling) Marking guidance Total marks 02 What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the agency responsible for punishing offenders? 1 AO1 = 1 mark B (Prison system) Describe one example of deviance. 3 AO1 = 3 marks Level Marks Descriptor 3 3 A coherent description with few inaccuracies. Demonstrates good knowledge ...

AQA GCSE SOCIOLOGY 8192/2 Paper 2 The Sociology of Crime and Deviance and Social Stratification Version: 1.0 Final *JUN* IB/G/Jun23/E5 8192/2 For Examiner’s Use Section Mark A B TOTAL Thursday 25 May 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. • Answer all questions. • You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each pa...