Quiz 2

Question 1

psychoanalytic theory

Answer 1

*sigmund freud: behavior is driven by conscious and unconscious drives

Question 2

3 drives under psychological.

Answer 2

id: drives one desire for instant gratification. seeks pleasure, avoids pain.
ego: manages/controls “id” to stay within societal norms.
superego: conscious, regulates right vs. wrong

Question 3

criminal behavior = ego is _______ and your super ego is _____ or ____ _________

Answer 3

damaged, under, over developed

Question 4

mental illness

Answer 4

in itself, doesn’t result in criminal behavior

Question 5

schizophrenia

Answer 5

split from reality, living in a different world, not all there

Question 6

paranoid schizophrenic

Answer 6

danger zone + substance abuse= no

Question 7

mood disorder

Answer 7

extreme and prolonged emotional states that render the individual incapable of coping with the demands of everyday life

Question 8

personality disprder

Answer 8

(1) enduring patterns of behavior that is deteriorating, and is different than the expectations of the individuals coming up. (2) caused by combo of genetics and environmental factors

Question 9

anti-social disorder

Answer 9

pattern of disregard for the violation of the rights of others.

Question 10

sociopathy

Answer 10

severely wrong with one’s conscious + all symptoms of antisocial disorder

Question 11

psycopathy

Answer 11

complete lack of conscious. involves specific cognitive and emotional deficits, exhibited by a life-long pattern of anti-social disorder with no remorse

Question 12

intelligence

Answer 12

really low IQ, or mentally disabled. low emotional IQ, inability to understand others emotions

Question 13

sociological explanation

Answer 13

says criminal behavior is caused by external behavior, environment, income, education and race + gender

Question 14

social structure

Answer 14

criminal behavior is related to social class and the high value we place on financial success

Question 15

anomie

Answer 15

state of normlessness, developed by Durkheim.

Durkheim studied pact of urbanization.

Question 16

strain theory

Answer 16

production by the inability to achieve. financial goals, negative experiences, racism, poverty

Question 17

Robert Merton

Answer 17

took anomy and adapted it to U.Sz society. Focuses on lower class

Question 18

Social Process

Answer 18

focuses on process / development of criminal behavior

1. Study development of criminal behavior and explains the process by which criminal behavior occurs
2. Address social interactions and reactions to behavior
3. Takes the focus away from the crime being strictly a lower class problem.

Anyone can become a criminal

Question 19

Differential association

Answer 19

• Edwind sutherland

Criminal and non-criminal behavior is learned through social interaction—> family friends, etc….

Question 20

Social Learning Theory

Answer 20

Criminal behavior and values are learned through social interactions. HOWEVER, the rewards or punishments received by others could result in immediate behavior.

Question 21

Labeling Theory

Answer 21

society and social control agencies all. react to a person’s behavior by labeling them deviant and the label becomes internalized, potentially acting accordingly.

Question 22

social control

Answer 22

focused on political nature of crimes

• crime results from conflict between rich and poor
• designed to control; rich are more likely to commit crimes, poor are more likely to get caught

Question 23

criminal law

Answer 23

help prevent government and government agents from having too much power or abusing it.

Question 24

civil law

Answer 24

regulates relationships between or among individuals; usually involving contracts or business disputes

Question 25

criminal law

Answer 25

1. substantive: defines acts that are subject to punishment and specifies the punishment for such offenses.
2. procedural: defines procedures that criminal justice officials must follow in the enforcement, adjudication, and connections.

Question 26

substantive criminal law

Answer 26

there are 7 principals that have to be proven by prosecutor and the defense attorney

Question 27

legality

Answer 27

the law must define a specific act as a crime

Question 28

actus reus

Answer 28

requires a guilty act of commision or ommission (crime)

Question 29

harm

Answer 29

act must cause harm to some legally protected value

Question 30

causation

Answer 30

a cause affect must exist between the act and harm suffered

Question 31

mens rea

Answer 31

guilty state of mind or criminal intent

Question 32

concurrence

Answer 32

intent and act must be present at the same time

Question 33

punishment

Answer 33

provision in the law must define a punishment for people who commit the crime

Question 34

Affirmative Defenses

Answer 34

yeah i did it, but here’s why

Question 35

entrapment

Answer 35

used to show lack of intent where the defendent is induced or offended

Question 36

self defense

Answer 36

(1) requires immediate threat of harm

(2) level of forced used cannot exceed a reasonable perception

Question 37

necessity

Answer 37

when law is broken w intent to save oneself or prevent some greater harm