AC 1.1 - Types of Crime

Question 1

define ‘honour crime’

Answer 1

a crime committed by those who aim to protect the reputation of their family or community

Question 2

give examples of honour crimes

Answer 2

abduction
coercive control
forced marriage

Question 3

who are the victims of an honour crime?

Answer 3

those who subvert to a family’s or culture’s traditions
more likely to be young females
younger members of cultures

Question 4

who are the offenders of honour crimes?

Answer 4

often males
higher status members
people who believe that tradition is important

Question 5

what is the level of public awareness for honour crimes and why?

Answer 5

low- cultural differences and less likely to be reported at lower levels like coercive control

Question 6

how old was banaz mahmod when she was murdered?

Answer 6

20

Question 7

why was banaz mahmod murdered?

Answer 7

she ended a violent and abusive forced marriage she got into when she was 16/17 and started another relationship with someone else

Question 8

what day was banaz mahmod murdered?

Answer 8

24th january 2006

Question 9

how was banaz mahmod murdered?

Answer 9

raping
torturing when she was asleep before getting strangled with a ligature

Question 10

define domestic abuse

Answer 10

a crime that is committed in the home against a partner or children

Question 11

give examples of domestic abuse

Answer 11

physical
psychological
sexual
financial violence

Question 12

who are usually the offenders for domestic abuse?

Answer 12

males

Question 13

how was clare wood murdered?

Answer 13

she was strangled and set on fire by her violent and obsessive ex-boyfriend

Question 14

what was clare wood’s ex boyfriend’s name?

Answer 14

george appleton

Question 15

define a technological crime

Answer 15

crimes that are enabled by technology through the internet

Question 16

why can the level of public awareness for technological crime be low and high?

Answer 16

low: victims are less likely to know the point when they were attacked
high: fraud is the most common crime in england/wales

Question 17

give examples of technological crimes:

Answer 17

hacking (cyber trespassing)
cyber-bullying
phishing scams
identity theft
illegal streaming
copyright

Question 18

who are usually the victims of technological crimes?

Answer 18

internet users
individuals less knowledgeable of security software
people who share personal info online

Question 19

who are usually the offenders of technological crimes?

Answer 19

organised criminal gangs
those with a high level of technical proficiency and specific software forms

Question 20

how old is alex bessell?

Answer 20

21

Question 21

what was alex bessell’s business called?

Answer 21

aiobuy

Question 22

how many sales did alex bessell’s business make?

Answer 22

34k

Question 23

define hate crime:

Answer 23

crimes motivated to be by prejudice discrimination based upon social characteristics

Question 24

why are hate crimes caused?

Answer 24

they are the offender’s prejudicial views that have aggravated the attack

Question 25

what is the level of public awareness for hate crimes?

Answer 25

increasing

Question 26

who are usually the victims of hate crime?

Answer 26

ethnic minority groups
those from a marginalised group of society (usually have different characteristics from the offender)

Question 27

who are usually the offenders of hate crime?

Answer 27

dependent
those with strong prejudicial views

Question 28

what condition does adam pearson have?

Answer 28

neurofibromatosis type 1

Question 29

define neurofibrotamosis type 1:

Answer 29

causes benign tumours to grow in the nerves of his face

Question 30

what assault did adam pearson experience in a brighton night club?

Answer 30

a guy thought he was wearing a mask and tried to rip his face off

Question 31

what is a ponzi scheme?

Answer 31

taking money from investors and rather than investing to make a gain, they use the latest investment to pay dividends to existing investors

Question 32

what was bernie madoff really doing with the investments?

Answer 32

he added all the money to a bank account

Question 33

what rate of return did madoff offer to his clients?

Answer 33

12%

Question 34

why weren’t madoff’s activities reported to the authorities?

Answer 34

they were all invisible for years

Question 35

what was madoff’s nickname?

Answer 35

the financial wizard

Question 36

when and who eventually turned him in?

Answer 36

in 2008 by his sons

Question 37

when did madoff pledge guilty?

Answer 37

2009

Question 38

how many years was madoff imprisoned for?

Answer 38

150

Question 39

what was the name of the charity that supported madoff victims?

Answer 39

madoff victim fund

Question 40

give reasons as to why white collar crimes are invisible (5)

Answer 40

under-reporting
limited media coverage
power and respectability
complexity
labelling/ de-labelling

Question 41

what does it mean if an offender has power and respectability?

Answer 41

the offender’s high status means that they are less likely to be suspected of a crime and have power and wealth to avoid any prosecution

Question 42

define deviance

Answer 42

any behaviour that violates social norms/ expected standards

Question 43

define crime

Answer 43

any act that breaks the law

Question 44

define a white collar crime

Answer 44

a non-violent crime done for financial gain

Question 45

list the 3 types of white collar crimes

Answer 45

organized
corporate
professional

Question 46

define a corporate crime

Answer 46

when a crime is committed by or on behalf of a company

Question 47

define a professional crime

Answer 47

when a crime is committed by professionals

Question 48

who is edwin sutherland?

Answer 48

a criminologist who defined a white collar crime

Question 49

give 5 examples of professional crime

Answer 49

fraud
embezzlement
professional misconduct
fiddling expenses
bribery and corruption in government and businesses