Organised crime - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Forensic Psychology Exam Questions and Answers What are the 4 ways with dealing with offending behavior? -Answer--custodial sentencing -behavior modification (token economy). -restorative justice. -anger management. What is offender profiling? -Answer--a method of working out the characteristics of an offender by examining the crime and the crime scene. What are the 2 types of offender profiling? -Answer--bottom up. -top down. What is the top down approach?(state the 4 steps) -A assimil...

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CMY3706 WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS . most important motive when selecting victims of a house robbery (pg 232) - ANSWER-1 - wealth of victim factors specifically contributing to the incidents of violent crime in SA - ANSWER-2 - vigilantism, socio-economic conditions and a weak criminal justice system type of residence associated with the highest number of robberies (pg 233) - ANSWER-2 - residential homes .. followed by farm houses and flats provide with the most killings of ...

The theoretical explanation of conservation crime employs a combination of existing theories. Such as: - Answer-Rational choice, social learning, general theory of crime, neutralisation According to Herbig (2004) crime classification refers to ... - Answer-the division of crime data into specific classes. A ... crime is a public order crime that involves more than one participant. - Answer-consensual ... may be regarded as a characteristic of organised crime. - Answer-Legitimate busines...

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...

Police Powers of Arrest GRADED A+ PACE S24, as amended by SOCPA The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 - =This Act gives the

What is the functionalist view on crime? - Agrue crime and deviance can only be understood by looking at the way societies are socially organised; their social structures. Say crime is caused by society rather than teh circumstances of the individual. What 3 ideas did Durkheim develop? - 1. Mechanical solidarity 2. Organic solidarity 3. Functions of crime Mechanical Solidarity (Durkheim) - Argued traditional societies had little crime and deviance because of the existence of strong soc...

Police Powers of Arrest Questions With Complete Solutions PACE S24, as amended by SOCPA The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 This Act gives the power of Arrest - Where an offence has been - Or may have been committed - Or is being committed - Or may be being committed - Or is about to be committed PAST< PRESENT < FUTURE PROVISION Under this act, police have powers to arrest anyone that they reasonably suspect of the offence

What are structural theories? - correct answer-They focus on the structure of society and how it is organised. Structural theories look at how equal or unequal a society is, what holds it together and what things cause conflict and division. They see the structure of society as being the underlying cause of crime What are Durkheim's key ideas? - correct answer-Functionalists such as Durkheim see society as a stable structure based on shared norms, values and beliefs about right and wrong....

WJEC CRIMINOLOGY UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE TEST Organised Crime - CORRECT ANSWER-criminal activities that are planned and controlled by powerful groups and carried out on a large scale. White Collar Crime - CORRECT ANSWER-Nonviolent crime committed by individuals or corporations to obtain a personal or business advantage. Moral Crimes - CORRECT ANSWER-Crimes against the normal standards of morality in society State Crimes - CORRECT ANSWER-Crimes perpetrated by governments Technological Cri...