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23 Cards in this Set
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What are typologies of crime? |
Classification of crime Useful in identifying patterns of criminal activity and motivation for criminal Behavior |
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What are three categories of crime? |
Violent crime Property crime Crimes against the public order |
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What are different violent crimes? |
Homicide Attempted murder Assault Sexual assault Robbery Use of firearms Kidnapping and abduction Criminal harassment Uttering a threat |
R.U.K.A.S.H.A.C |
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What is homicide? |
When a person, directly or indirectly, by any means, causes the death of a human being. Homicide can be culpable or non culpable |
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What are two types of homicides? |
Culpable homicide (blameworthy) - murder - manslaughter - infanticide Non culpable homicide(non blameworty) - justifiable homicide - excusable homicide |
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What is murder? |
When a person intentionally causes the death of another human being Or intends to cause bodily harm likely to result in death |
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What is first degree murder? |
Culpable homicide that is planned and deliberate |
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What is second degree murder? |
Murder that is intentional and unlawful but not planned All murder that is not first-degree |
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What is manslaughter? |
An unintentional homicide committed in response to sudden provocation, impairment, or as results recklessness or carelessness |
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What is a Serial murder? |
Culpable homicide that involves the killing of several victims In three or more separate events |
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What is a mass murder? |
Illegal killing of four or more victims At one location within one event |
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What are the three levels of assault and sexual assault? |
Lvl 1- includes punching, slapping, pushing Lvl 2 - use of weapon or result in bodily harm Lvl 3 - wounds, Maims, disfigured or endangerous life of victim |
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What is criminal harassment? |
The repeated following, watching, or communicating With a person or someone known to the person In a way that causes that person to fear for their safety and for others |
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What is robbery? |
A violent personal crime Committed in the presence of a victim Involves threatened or actually use of force or violence Involves theft or attempted theft |
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What is assault? |
Intentional or threatened application of force on another person Without consent |
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What are different property crimes? |
Crime involving Motor Vehicles Arson Mischief Possession of stolen property Breaking and entering Theft Fraud |
C.A.M.P.B.T.F |
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What is breaking and entering? |
The unlawful entry of a place to commit an indictable offence |
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What are three types of breaking and entering? |
Residential Business Other |
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What are different crimes against the public order? |
Counterfeiting Prostitution Illicit drugs. |
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What are conflict crimes? |
Controversial Behaviors within society That are accepted/ not illegal |
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What is the theoretical explanations of violent crime? |
Biological and psychological explanations
Predisposition to violence
Neurological dysfunctions (ADD, ADHD)
Social learning theory (learned from others)
Subculture of violence
Feminist criminology prospective |
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What are theoretical explanations property crime? |
Greed
Excitement
Strain Theory and routine activities Theory ( desire to achieve a universal goal)
Social process Theories (peer pressure) |
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What are theoretical explanations of crimes against the public order? |
Radical criminology perspective
Individual responsibility theories ( genetically dependent on alcohol)
Social problems theories |
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