Chapter 10 - Violent Crime Flashcards
Overview
Intrumental Violence
Violence committed for an expressive purpose or to achieve a goal (planning)
Expressive Or Reactive Violence
- Violence as an emotional response (passion)
Example: Provocation
Root Causes of Violent Crime
Personal Traits
(Factor)
- Neurological impairment (correlated with impulsive violence)
- Psychotic symptoms (A delusion)
- Psychopathy, Antisocial Personality
Root Causes of Violent Crime
Ineffective Families
(Factor)
- Abuse-Violence Relationship
Root Causes of Violent Crime
Evolutionary Factors/ Human Instinct
- Freud: Eros (the idea of love), Thanotas (death)
Example: Hydraulic Model (the idea that because we have a drive towards death, we are ingerently all violent and it builds up like a hydraulic model)
Root Causes of Violent Crime
Cultural Values
(Factor)
Violent Subcultures
Root Causes of Violent Crime
Regional Values
- Honor Culture
Examples
* Southern United States
* Appalachian Mountains
* The Violent South: Culture of Honor, Social Disorganization, and Murder in Appalachia
Root Causes of Violent Crime
Substance Abuse
(Factor)
Psychopharmacological effect (the effect drugs have on your central nervous system)
Root Causes of Violent Crime
Firearm Availability
Facilitating Factor
Example: Firearm’s registry
Regional Values
Inter-regional differences in homicide rates
Sexual Violence
Sexual Violence
- a threatened, attempted, or actual sexual act against another person without their consent
- Gendered Violence
Sexual Violence
Prevalence Rates
(Characteristic)
- Canada 5 per 1000 (Men): 37 per 1000 (Women)
- Similar prevalence rates for the United States and England
Sexual Violence
Characteristics of Sex Offenders
- Most sex offenders are male (approx. 90%)
- Alcohol and/or Drugs
Sexual Violence
Victims of Sexual Violence
(Characteristic)
- Women (approx. 85%)
- Victim usually knows the perpetrator
Male Socialization
(Cause)
- Rape Myths: the idea that some people or learn that if some people say no, they are playing hard to get
- Cognitive Schemas: (another term for rape myths) in your brain you have developed blueprints, norms, overtime you organize information