Exam part 2 Flashcards
what are the three primary motivations for hate crimes?
- Race or Ethnicity
- Religion
- Sexual Orientation
what is the taking of a vehicle without the owner’s authorization such as a car, truck, van, bus, or recreational vehicle….
Motor Vehicle Theft
what is the sentence for the offender to cover the expenses to the victim relating to things such as loss of income or support?
Court/victim Restitution
This approach: has Three key elements: motivated offender, suitable target, and absence of capable guardian. Theorists Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson
Routine Activities approach
which routine activity approach element is this: the population of potential criminal offenders in a given area
motivated offenders
which routine activity approach element is this: something or someone of value to offenders in a criminal offence
Suitable Target
which routine activity approach element is this: one who effectively discourages crime and effective deterrents to criminal activity
Capable guardian
what takes place when the victim literally provokes the victimization
Active precipitation
what exists across the country, this program amounts per applicant from 5,000$ to over 100,000$. Nova Scotia maxi. awards includes $2000 for victimized individuals and $4000 for counselling for immediate families of homicide
Victim compensation
what are payments to victims, generally made by a government agency, as compensation for lost wages, medical expenses, and pain and suffering
Victim Compensation
what is a written document that describes the losses, suffering, and trauma experienced by the crime victim or by the victim’s survivors? Judges are expected to consider these effects in arriving at an appropriate sentence for the offender
Victim impact statement
This means that those who are powerless culturally stigmatized and marginalized are more likely to be criminally victimized
structural/cultural proneness
what is one who effectively discourages crime, effectively deterrents criminal activity (watchful friends and neighbours, the police, and security personnel)
Capable guardian
what is a social movement that arose during the 17th and 18th centuries and that is built upon ideas such as empiricism, rationality, free will humanism, and natural law
the enlightenment of social movement
what is the 19th century that emphasized free will and individual choice as the root causes of crime, another approach is positivism
Classical criminology