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24 Cards in this Set
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What is Crime?
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Human conduct in violation of the criminal laws of the federal government, a state, or a local jurisdiction that has the power to make such laws
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murder
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the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another
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rape
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penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim
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robbery
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the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force of violence and/ or by putting the victim in fear
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aggravated assault |
an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury |
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burglary |
unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft |
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larceny-theft |
the unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another |
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motor vehicle theft |
the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle |
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arson |
any willful or malicious burning or attempting to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc. |
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What is Criminology?
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an interdisciplinary profession built around the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior, including their forms, causes, legal aspects, and control |
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Criminology Forms |
violent crime, property crime |
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Causes |
biological, psychological, sociological |
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Legal aspects |
creation of laws |
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Control |
enforcement of laws |
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Criminologist
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one who studies crime, criminals, and criminal behavior |
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Theory (criminology) |
a series of interrelated propositions that attempts to describe, explain, predict, and ultimately control some class of events |
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Research (criminology)
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the use of standardized, systematic procedures in the search for knowledge |
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Taking Criminology to the Movies Quote by Rafter and Brown |
"...criminology is hard at work in culture and that is hard at work in criminology"
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Culture (criminology) |
the values, norms, and material goods characteristic of a given group |
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Popular culture (criminology) |
-Nonspecialist -Nontechnical |
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Why Popular Criminology? |
-Most Popular Crime TV Series -Most Popular Crime Feature Films |
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Images - representations - have meaning (criminology) |
they shape how we think about crime and formulate public policy |
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Films purpose |
-Natural Born Killers |
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