Soc 206 Final

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primal crimes

Back 1

crimes that are defined all over the world, rape, murder, robbery

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common law

Back 2

law and legal system based on courts

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statutory law

Back 3

set by legislation, clarify government, improve civil order

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property crime index

Back 4

burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism. Property crime involves the taking of money or property, no force or threat of force against a victim.

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violent crime index

Back 5

abuse, assault, battery, harrassment, murder, rape, robbery

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murder victims/offenders

Back 6

intimate people, large cities, same race, man kills man, women kills man, when women is killed usually by a man, lower class

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robbery victims/offenders

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stranger, big cities, males under 25, victims usually teens, African American, low income,

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robbery vs. other thefts

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robbery is theft involving force, violence, or threat of violence. robbery is indicator of criminal activity

Front 9

routine activities theory explanation for rape

Back 9

more likely to victimize people who are alone

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white collar crime

Back 10

a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation

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characteristics of corporate crime (8)

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-complex, sophisticated, and technical actions
- intermingled with legitimate behavior
-victimization tends to be diffuse
-large amounts of money
-rarely prosecuted
-does not fit stereotype of "real" crime
-media doesn't cover it
-lack of stigma associated

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examples of corporate crime

Back 12

fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, computer crime, and forgery

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social control theory

Back 13

hirschi - low levels of attachment leads to negative deviance. Stake in conformity. Attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief

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differential association theory

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sutherland - criminal behavior is learned, from intimate individuals, learn techniques, legal codes unfavorable,

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anomie/strain theory

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Merton - If the goals are not equally achievable through an accepted mode, then illegitimate means might be used to achieve the same goal

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self control theory

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Gottfredson/Hirschi - orgin of crime is low self-control resulting from ineffective socialization by parents. crime provides gratification.

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conflict theory

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marx/weber - Competition over scarce resources is at the heart of all social relationships. Competition is characteristic of human relationships.
2. Structural inequality. Inequalities in power and reward are built into all social structures. Individuals and groups that benefit from any particular structure strive to see it maintained.
3. Revolution. Change occurs as a result of conflict between competing social classes rather than through adaptation. Change is often abrupt and revolutionary rather than evolutionary.
4. War. Even war is a unifier of the societies involved, as well as possibly ending whole societies. In modern society, a source of conflict is power[politicians are competing to enter into a system;they act in their self interest, not for the welfare of people.

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rational choice/routine activity theory

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for a crime to occur, three elements must be present, i.e. there must be:

* an available and suitable target;
* a motivated offender; and
* no authority figure to prevent the crime from happening.

Routine activity theory says that crime is normal and depends on the opportunities available. If a target is not protected enough, and if the reward is worth it, crime will happen.