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Criminal deffonitions Flashcards

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Deffonitions

Crime

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• crime is an act of omission, forbidden by law, punishable by the criminal justice system

• examples of crime include: necrophilia, murder, neglecting the beauty of animals, grooming and then neglect and abuse of children

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Criminal
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Recidivism

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• recidivism is reoffending a repeat offender this means the treatment of the offender isn’t working as they’ve continued doing crime after being released

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Anti-Social behaviour

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• anti social behaviour is the behaviour that affects people negatively, related to criminal or deviant behavior EG: vandalism, littering, disturbance of the Peace, Street drinking

• antisocial behaviour is not always criminal it’s just frowned upon

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Criminal deffonitions

Forensic psychologist

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• forensic psychologist is a purse through understands and treats violent criminal’s psychological criminal behaviour

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A-Level Psychology Criminals (27 decks)

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