crim quiz 1

Question 1

What is crime legally?

Answer 1

• considered a public wrong, prohibited act, and has a penalty attached to it

Question 1

What is criminology

Answer 1

the study of crime

Question 2

Crime vs. deviance

Answer 2

• not all crimes are deviant, and not all deviant acts are illegal.
• crime departs from social norms and against the law, deviance is not necessarily illegal.

Question 3

What is a consensus crime?

Answer 3

Universally condemnation, meaning everyone agrees, Ex, rapre murder

Question 4

What is conflict crime?

Answer 4

a crime that has a general disagreement, such as smoking or gambling.

Question 5

what are some correlates if crime?

Answer 5

• age
  biological sex
  poverty/income

Question 6

what is the concept of crime

Answer 6

socially constructed concept that requires formal control and social intervention

Question 7

what is an indictable offence?

Answer 7

serious offence such as assault, theft over $5000 or murder

Question 8

what is a summary offence?

Answer 8

less serious offence such as theft under 5000, or impersonating police officer

Question 9

what is conventional crime?

Answer 9

crime committed by individuals/small groups with some degree of direct/indirect contact

Question 10

what is a non-conventional crime?

Answer 10

crime which is illegal but not usually pursued by the criminal justice system due to unconventionality

Question 11

what is deviance

Answer 11

behaviour violating social norms but is not illegal

Question 12

what is relative in terms of crime

Answer 12

idea that what is defined as crime can vary with time and location

Question 13

what is evolutive?

Answer 13

idea that what comprises crime can change, taking different forms and meaning over time

Question 14

What is violent crime?

Answer 14

general category including homicide, attempted murder, and assault. Mostly indictable offences involving physical violation.

Question 15

What is homicide

Answer 15

act of causing death to another person, whether directly or indirectly by negligence or unlawful act

Question 16

What is culpable homicide

Answer 16

criminal offence ie. murder

Question 17

what is non-culpable homicide

Answer 17

legally justified

Question 18

What are the four different types of murder and define each

Answer 18

first-degree, second-degree, homicide, and infanticide.
first degree: planned and deliberate
second degree: unplanned but deliberate/ falls outside the category of first-degree
manslaughter: unintentional killing of a person, even if results from the intention to cause harm
infanticide: intentional/unintentional killing of newborn through acts of omission

Question 19

what is hate crime?

Answer 19

crime where the perpetrator’s conduct is motivated by bias, hatred, or prejudice regarding race, colour, religion, more

Question 20

describe the levels of assault.

Answer 20

1) Level 1- no serious bodily hard/physical injury
2) level 2- forced or threatened force, degree of body harm ex. bruises, broken bones
3) Level 3 - victim is disfigured, wounded, has life endangered

Question 21

What are the three levels of sexual assault?

Answer 21

level 1 (common assault, level 2 assault, level 3 (aggravated) assault

Question 22

what is elder abuse

Answer 22

harm done towards adults aged 65 or older, most commonly done through financial or emotional abuse

Question 23

what is robbery

Answer 23

anyone stealing through violence or threats, assaulting with the intention of stealing, using weapon

Question 24

what is recidivisim

Answer 24

the act of reoffending (esp. repeatedly) on the part of a convicted criminal

Question 25

what is property crime?

Answer 25

taking money/property without force, threats, breaking and entering, etc.

Question 26

what is the crime clearance rate?

Answer 26

the proportion of reported crimes solved by police.

Question 27

What is a Break-and-enter?

Answer 27

form of property crime that involves illegal entry/attempt to trespass building with the intent to commit theft or act of vandalism

Question 28

what is the difference between robbery and breaking and entering?

Answer 28

presence or lack of presence of person-to-person confrontation

Question 29

What are the three categories of B&Es

Answer 29

1. Residential (weekdays 9am-11am; 1pm-3pm)
2. business (weekends 5am-7am)
3. Non-residential private structures, such as detached garages

Question 30

what is fraud?

Answer 30

unlawful use of cheating or deception to obtain something of value

Question 31

what is identity theft?

Answer 31

act of illegally obtaining on individual’s personal information for criminal purposes

Question 32

what is identity fraud?

Answer 32

the illegal use of the name and personal information of another person (living or dead) for fraud purposes

Question 33

What is theft?

Answer 33

property crime involving unlawful taking of property/service that belongs to an individual or business

Question 34

what are the two types of theft?

Answer 34

individual property theft
theft from a business establishment

Question 35

What is arson?

Answer 35

form of vandalism that involves destruction of one’s own/another’s property through the use of fire