Criminal Behavior Ch. 15 Key Terms

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Arson

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Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle, aircraft, or personal property of another

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Barricade Situation

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In hostage-taking scenarios, a situation in which an individual has fortified him or herself in a building or residence and threatens violence, typically to the hostages.

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Cognitive Scripts

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Mental images of how one feels he or she should act in a variety of situations

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Cybercrime

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Any illegal act that involves a computer system. Also called computer crime.

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Cyberbullying

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Sending or posting harmful or cruel text or images using the Internet or other digital communication devices. Primarily a problem with school-aged children and adolescents

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Cyberstalking

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Threatening behavior or unwanted advances directed at another using the internet or other forms of online communications

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Expressive Hostage taking

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Hostage-taking situation in which the offender's primary goal is to gain some control over his or her life

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Erotomania Stalking

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In this form of stalking, the stalker usually ha serious mental disorders and is considered delusional. Public figures are typically the targets

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Fire setting

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The term used in the literature on child psychopathology for an abnormal fascination with fire accompanied by successful or unsuccessful attempts to start harmful fires.

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Instrumental Hostage Taking

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A hostage situation in which the primary goal of the offender is material or monetary gain

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London Syndrome

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A behavioral pattern observed during a hostage situation at the Iranian Embassy in London Refers to the explicit and consistent resistance and refusals by hostages to do what is expected by captors. This behavior often results in death or serious injury to the blatant resistors

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Love Obsession Stalking

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In this form of stalking, the stalker and victim are strangers or casual acquaintances. The stalker seeks a love relationship with the object of his or her obsession.

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Pyromania

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A psychiatric term for an irresistible urge to set fires along with an intense fascination (usually sexual) with fire. The existence of this behavioral phenomenon has been brought into serious question by the available research

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Robbery

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The taking of attempt to take anything of value from the care, custody of control of another by force or the threat of force

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Simple Obsession stalking

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The form in which the stalker seeks power and control after a failed relationship with the victim; often associated with past domestic violence

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Survivors

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In hostage-taking situations, refers to those hostages who are able to return to a meaningful existence with little evidence of long-term depression, nightmares, or serious stress induced illness

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Strong-arm Robbery

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A robbery in which the main weapon used in one's own body rather than guns, knives, or other weapons

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Street Culture

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A variety of conduct norms, particularly in urban areas, that are conducive to robbery and other street crimes. Examples of these norms are disdain for conventional living, a hedonistic pursuit of sensory stimulation, and lack of future orientation

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Stalking

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Conduct directed at a specific person that involves repeated physical or visual proximity, nonconsensual communication, or verbal, written, or implied threats sufficient to cause fear in a reasonable person

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Stockholm Syndrome

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A term coined after a hostage situation in Sweden in 1973, it refers to the phenomenon of hostages becoming attracted to their captors. In the original incident, an escaped convict held four bank employees in Stockholm in the bank vault for 131 hours. One of the bank employees eventually married her hostage taker.

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Succumbers

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In hostage-taking situations, refers to those hostages who are able to return to a meaningful existence with little evidence of long-term depression, nightmares, or serious stress induced illness

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Vengeance Stalking

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These stalkers do not seek a relationship with their victims but rather are trying to elicit a response or change of behavior from the victim