Criminal Behaviours Flashcards
How many main types of crime are there?
5
sex offenders, murderers (1&2), terrorists, acquisitive criminals
What are the characteristics of sex offenders?
- engaging in sexual contact with someone against their will
- like inflicting pain / humiliation on others
- participating in / watching acts of violence
- exposing themselves in a public setting
- sexual contact with young children
What are the characteristics of murderers type 2?
- high IQ
- follow the media
- live with a partner, sexually competent
- socially adequate
- organised
- high birth order
- harsh discipline in childhood
- ability to control mood
- charming, masculine
- motivated by situational causes
- geographically mobile
What are the characteristics of murderers type 1?
- below average IQ
- high school drop out
- socially inadequate
- disorganised
- unskilled
- don’t date, live alone
- low birth order
- harsh discipline in childhood
What are the characteristics of acquisitive criminals?
- seek access to criminal activity for pleasure / thrill
- formal motivation / cause for their crimes
- intelligence / economic reasons behind the commission of the crime
What are the characteristics of terrorists?
- non combatant civilians
- acting from a place of perceived injustice / wrong against a person
- motivated by politically / economically triggered issues of the day
- evoke a rationalisation of causes pursued by acts of violence
- illogical perceptions of the truth of involved events
- potential psychological defect producing errant behaviours such as schizophrenia / paranoia
What are the 4 ways crimes are recorded?
- Official statistics (Home Office)
- Victim surveys (Crime Survey for England and Wales)
- Offender surveys (Offending, Crime and Justice Survey)
- Office of National Statistics
How are crimes recorded for official statistics?
government produces official crime stats annually
information is based on incidents reported to the police or when police observe an offence
How are crimes recorded for victim surveys?
ask a sample of people to identify which crimes have been committed against them
50,000 households (16+) interviewed
selected randomly from royal mail list of addresses
How are crimes recorded for offender surveys?
question offenders
initial sample was aged 10-65 in private households
in recent years, sub sample of 5,000 studied longitudinally
How are crimes recorded for office of national statistics?
collect and publish info about types of crime: victim based and crimes against society
Who sub categorised crimes into 7 groups?
farr and gibbons
What is property predatory crime?
taking personal property of others without permission
e.g. burglary, theft, robbery
What is property fraudulent crime?
deceit or manipulation with purpose of converting property / services of others
e.g. embezzlement, fraud, bribery
What is interpersonal violence general?
actions that threaten or cause actual personal harm
e.g. murder, assault, kidnapping
