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CJUS Theory Test 1 Flashcards

1
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lists the numbers of variouscrimes that have become known to the nations police

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Uniform Crime Reports

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2
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Rivals or surpasses that in other industrialized western nations

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Lawlessness in the US

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3
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Bad family life, unemployment, lenient courts

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Social factors that influence crime

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4
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Actions or behaviors that violate social norms, including formally enacted rules/laws as well as informal violations of social norms

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Deviance

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5
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one of the most underreported crimes

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Rape

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6
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This is not evenly distrubuted

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Crime in the U.S.

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7
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example of difficulty in predicting crime trends accurately

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Crimewarps

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tended to locae the cause of crime not in demographic shifts, but rather whithin individuals, in their souls, their wills or their body constitutions

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Early Theroies of Crime

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9
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stressed the conflict between absolute good and absolute evil

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Spiritualism

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10
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a victory by one of the two accussed would go to the innocent

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trial by battle

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11
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subject the accused to life threatening or painfulsituations

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trial by ordeal

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12
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reputable person swear an oath that the accused was inncocent

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compurgation

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13
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the cjus system creates criminals by

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The labeling theory

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14
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asks why do some people not commit crime

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control theory

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15
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example of the difficulty in predicting crimes trends accurately

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Crimewarps wrote by Bennet

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16
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influences the explanations of crime

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social context

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17
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tended to locate the cause of crime not indemographic shifts butrather within indivduals

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Early theroies of crime

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18
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stressed the conflict between absolute good and absolute evil

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spiritualism

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19
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focuses on the individual criminalad their abilityto have free will

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classical school

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20
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searches for empirical facts to confirm the idea that crime was determinned by multiple factors

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positivist school

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21
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first naturalistic explanation of crime

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the physical body

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22
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brain is organ of the mind

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hippocrates dictum

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23
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◦the most important feature of the classical school of thought is its emphasis on the individual criminal as a person who is capable of calculating what he or she wants to do

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classical school

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24
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◦individuals were guided by a pain and pleasure principle calculating risks and rewards

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classical school

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25
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◦the punishment should be suited to the offense

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classical school

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26
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punishment sould be a deterrent

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Bentham

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27
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student ofclassical school

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Bentham

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28
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behavior is a result of free will and hedonistic calculas

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Bentham-Classical School

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29
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studied prison reform

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Howard

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30
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advocated prison reform

31
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father of criminology

32
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  1. Born criminals:People with atavistic characteristics
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•Lombroso’s criminal classifications

33
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Insane Criminals: idots, imbeciles, paranoiacs, epilectics, and alcoholics

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•Lombroso’s criminal classifications

34
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3: Occasional criminals/Criminaloids: Explained by oppurtunity

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•Lombroso’s criminal classifications

35
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Criminals of passion

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•Lombroso’s criminal classifications

36
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survival of the fittest…social darwinism

37
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last major criminal contributor to the positivist school

38
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the sentiment of revulsion against the voluntary inflictionof suffering onothers

39
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Therespect for the properties of others

40
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study of 3000 English convicts

41
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there was not much difference in physical attributes between convicts and non covicts

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Gorings finding in study of 3000 convicts

42
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idea that delinquency is heridity

43
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study of male youth

44
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tested for IQ for prison inmates

45
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sterilization

46
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inheritance is the explanation of crime

47
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“wrote “on crimes and punishment”

48
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went from individual tosocietal influences

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Chicago School

49
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argued that one aspect of American Society, the city, contained potent criminogenic forces

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Chicago School

50
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people who were poor were pushed into crimebecause they were poor

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Progressive Movement

51
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The goal was to save the poor by providing social services that would lesson the pains

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Progressive movement

52
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zone theory…cities grew inside out

53
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Zone of transition

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most criminal area of city

54
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Differential AssociationTheory

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Sutherlands

55
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social organizationr regulates criminal behavior

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differential association theory

56
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criminal behavior is learned through social experiences

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differential association theory

57
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societycomes together…socialcohesion…people stick together

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social efficacy

58
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who came up withcultural deviance theory: code of the street

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Elijah Anderson

59
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who came up with social learning theory

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Ronald akers

60
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improve the area to reduce crime

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Chicago area Project

61
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who came up with strain theory

62
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crime is caused by the stress of trying to achieve the american dream

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strain theory

63
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homogenity, universilism, culture

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Dominant Reality

64
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lawlessness…lack of law

65
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Delinquent Boys: The culture of the gang

66
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delinquent subcultures can only exist when there are alot of kids that want to participate

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Cloward and Ohlin

67
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mobilization for youth

68
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strain theory became most popular in

69
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said that the presenceof negative factors will cause stress and strain…causing crime

70
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institutional anomie

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Messner and Rosenfeld

71
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lawlessness within institutions

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institutional Anomie

72
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took the Strain theory based on the USdream and focused on the market economy

73
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crime level is directly tied to economy

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Currie’s idea on strain theory

74
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provide economic oppurtunitiesto less fortunate

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strain theory strategy to reduce crime

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