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Question 1

___% of Americans are victims of violent crime.

Answer 1

50%

Question 2

Percentage of victims of crimes based on age:
12yrs-
20yrs-
30yrs-
40yrs-
70yrs-

Answer 2

12yrs-83%
20yrs-65%
30yrs-40%
40yrs-30%
70yrs-8%

Question 3

__ out of ____ people are vicitms of homicide.

Answer 3

1

200

Question 4

__ out of ____ white femalees are victims of homicide.

Answer 4

1

500

Question 5

__ out of ____ white males are vicitms of homicide.

Answer 5

1

160

Question 6

__ out of ____ black females are victims of homicide.

Answer 6

1

170

Question 7

__ out of ___ black males are victims of homicide.

Answer 7

1

25

Question 8

Your environment can determine your _____ __________.

Answer 8

social functioning

Question 9

Your ___________ can determine your social functioning.

Answer 9

environment

Question 10

True or False: Every city has a hot spot for crime.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

When is the most common occurence of crime?

Answer 11

Friday, Saturday, or Monday morning

Question 12

True or False: concurrence can happen within a matter of seconds

Answer 12

true

Question 13

Which state has the highest homicide rate?

Answer 13

Lousianna

Question 14

What is Nevada’s “Black Book”?

Answer 14

Nefarious people who have been banned from casino’s due to mob ties

Question 15

Why does Nevada still use the “Black Book”?

Answer 15

Creates an image that Nevada is mob free

Question 16

Why was vagrancy created?

Answer 16

was created during the industrial revolution, because they needed more workers

Question 17

Why do we use vagrancy laws?

Answer 17

controlling homeless to protect a city’s image

Question 18

What are the purposes and functions of law?

Answer 18

(1) reinforce values
(2) protect the community (by deterence or incarceration)
(3) regulate/coordinate social relations
(4) protect interests of elite/ruling class
(5) social engineering

Question 19

What are Dead Letter Laws?

Answer 19

Laws that are rarely enforced, but have the potential to be reinforced for social engineering purposes

Question 20

Economic crimes are punished more in __________ societies.

Answer 20

capitalistic

Question 21

________ crimes are punished more in capitalistic societies.

Answer 21

Economic

Question 22

Deterence works when you have _____, _______, and _______ punishment.

Answer 22

swift
severe
certain

Question 23

What are the transitional factors from tribal to modern societies?

Answer 23

• increased population growth/diversity
• shift from “status” —> “jurisdiction”
• major instituton: Kinship —> State

Question 24

List these crimes in order of seriousness: occupational crimes (i.e. income tax evasion, employee theft), violent crimes (i.e. child murder, rape), and public order/morality crimes (i.e. prostituion, marijuana).

Answer 24

Most serious to least serious:

• violent crimes (i.e. child murder, rape)
• occupational crimes (i.e. income tax evasion, employee theft)
• public order/morality crimes (i.e. prostituion, marijuana)

Question 25

What is the public harm from prositution, drug use, gambling, and other "victimless" crimes?

Answer 25

1. Harm to other familly members 2. harm to the State as the "vicitim" 3. harm to public standards of morality

Question 26

What are the exception to labeling theory of crime?

Answer 26

Mala en se crimes (murder, rape, property, theft)

Question 27

Why do "Dead Letter" Laws Exist?

Answer 27

- Law is conservative, and slow to change. - Never know if you need them for social engineering - Easier to modify existing law than to enact a new one

Question 28

What is hyperlexis?

Answer 28

excessie legal controls

Question 29

What are the types of legal controls?

Answer 29

- criminal/civil laws - regulatory codes - ordinances - licenses - codes of conduct

Question 30

What are examples of hyperlexis?

Answer 30

- FDA - Transportation laws - FCC - Doing nothing can be against the law