Quiz 1

Question 1

Criminology

Answer 1

Focuses on the factors leading up to the crime (mainly the why?)

Question 2

Criminal justice

Answer 2

Focuses on legal institutions that work to bring a victim/situation to justice

Question 3

Crime

Answer 3

Actions that are so serious that it violates formal laws prohibiting such behavior

Question 4

Deviant behavior

Answer 4

Behavior that violates social norms and arouses negative reactions

Question 5

Criminal statistics and crime measurement

Answer 5

Involves devising valid and reliable measures designed to calculate the amount and trends of criminal activity

Question 6

Rebecca Schafer

Answer 6

An actress that was shot and killed by her stalker. Resulting in stalking statutes (laws that prohibit the willful, malicious, and repeated following and harassing of another person)

Question 7

Stanley v. Georgia

Answer 7

Right to privacy. Possession of obscene material is not a criminal offense

Question 8

Megan’s Law

Answer 8

Requires law enforcement to make info available to the public regarding registered sex offenders. Law was created in response to Megan Kanka’s murder (killed by a known child molester who lived across their street without their knowledge)

Question 9

Jacob Wetterling

Answer 9

11 year old boy kidnapped and murdered in 1989. Killer wasn’t found until almost 27 years later

Question 10

Marvin Wolfgang

Answer 10

American sociologist and criminologist. Believed that behavior was the product of violent subcultures in which each person in a conflict typically believed that the other will become violent

Question 11

Crime Typologies

Answer 11

Study of criminal behavior involving research between different types of crime and criminals

Question 12

Consensus View

Answer 12

The majority of citizens in a society share common ideals and work toward a common good. Crime are outlawed because they conflict with the rules of the majority

Question 13

Conflict View

Answer 13

Human behavior is shaped by interpersonal conflict and that those who maintain social power will use it to further their own needs

Question 14

Interactionist View

Answer 14

One’s perception of reality is significantly influenced by one’s interpretations of the reactions of others to similar events and stimuli

Question 15

Substantive Law

Answer 15

Defines crime and their punishment. Involves mental and physical elements of crime, crime categories, and criminal defenses

Question 16

Procedural Law

Answer 16

Laws that set out the basic rules of practice in the criminal justice system. This includes law of arrest, search and seizure, and jury selection

Question 17

Civil law

Answer 17

Governs relations between private parties. Used to resolve, control, and shape such personal interactions as contracts, wills, and trusts.

Question 18

Public/Administrative Law

Answer 18

Deals with the government and its relationships with individuals or other governments. Governs the administration and regulation of city, county, state, and federal government agencies

Question 19

Rational Choice theory

Answer 19

Trying to rationalize a crime. What is the greatest benefit? Can I get away with this?

Question 20

Social disorganization theory

Answer 20

Bad areas create bad choices.

Question 21

Strain theory

Answer 21

When people cannot achieve in society. Lack of means, lack of good options. Society pressures to commit a crime

Question 22

Social learning theory

Answer 22

Learning through observations (typically the media)

Question 23

Actus rea

Answer 23

A crime committed unintentionally

Question 24

Men’s rea

Answer 24

A crime committed intentionally (guilty mind)

Question 25

Immigrants are

Answer 25

Less crime prone

Question 26

Part 1 crime

Answer 26

Index crimes, serious frequent crimes