Senior Comp Exam Flashcards
Capitalist characteristics
a. Institution of private property
b. Exchange of value (monetary)
c. Profit motive
d. Free market
doubling time
P(t)= Po(2)^t/k
growth rate
gr= present-past/past
juvenile court vs adult court
Juvenile court cases are private without a jury and follow the Welfare and Institution Code. Adults have public cases with a jury and the court follows the penal code.
golden rule of report writing
Keep your reporting simple while still being able to recognize a flashing red light that indicates a problem
3 strikes (law)
a criminal sentencing law that increases the prison sentences of repeat felons
truth-in-sentencing (law)
(TIS) laws require people to serve a certain percentage of their sentence
types of warrants
Arrest warrant: Issued when there is evidence that a person committed a crime. If an arrest warrant is issued, the police can arrest and imprison the person.
Bench warrant: Issued when a defendant fails to appear in court for a scheduled date.
Search warrant: A court order that allows law enforcement to search a person, place, vehicle, or device for evidence of a crime.
Alias warrant: Issued when a person fails to appear in court or has not entered a plea.
Fugitive warrant: A specialized arrest warrant used to capture a fugitive. Fugitive warrants are designed to work across different jurisdictions.
Governor’s warrant: An arrest warrant that can be used to capture a fugitive if a fugitive warrant has been dismissed.
Probation warrant: Issued when a probation officer submits an affidavit alleging that a defendant has violated the conditions of their probation.
arrest process
Miranda rights: The accused is informed of their rights, including the right to remain silent, the right to consult with a lawyer, and the right to have a lawyer appointed if they cannot afford one.
Recording evidence: The officer records their observations, statements, and evidence about the alleged crime.
Photographing and fingerprinting: The officer takes a “mug shot” of the suspect.
Background check: The police conduct a criminal background check on the suspect.
Booking: The suspect is transported to a police station or precinct for booking. The police identify, photograph, and fingerprint the suspect, and search for a criminal record. They also collect personal property and place the suspect in a holding cell.
Charging: The prosecutor reviews the information provided by the police and decides what charges to file. The time it takes for the prosecutor to file charges varies by jurisdiction, but many states require a decision within 72 hours.
Sociological studies
-surveys
-Experiments/ Quasi experiments
- field studies
field studies
case studies
°participant observation
°non-participation
Participant/ Non Participant Observation
Interviews using questionnaires
Combine watching with asking questions
Life history using text and historical sources
Recording culture using field notes, tape recorder, video
Census taking
Mapping
Obtrusive
noticeable or prominent
- Participant observation
Advantages –
1) preliminary data
2) uses small samples
3) cost effective
4) high validity
Disadvantages
1) high subjectivity (bias)
2) low reliability
3) low objectivity
Family Structure
- Traditional family (man and woman)
- Extended family (of more than one generation )
- Single Parent
- Step or Reconstituted
- Serial Monogamy
- Gay/Lesbian
Function of Family
- Regulation of sexual activities
- Economic Production
- Committed Relationships
- Socialization
- Economic/financial security
- Emotional bonding
- Cultural transmission
- Care of the sick/elderly
Family Dysfunctions
- Violence, abuse, and neglect of spouses and children
- Child molestation/Incest
- Permissive rearing
- Drug use and abuse
- Absence of fathers
Why do people get married
- Romantic Love(Cupid)
- Financial/ economic security
- Arranged by parents
- Long term companionship, etc
- Forming alliances between families
- As a status symbol (improve status)
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Theories/Explanations of Marriage/ Family
- Functionalism
o Traditional family
Instrumental leader (man)
Expressive leader (woman) - Reproduces the family from generation to generation
- Conflict Theory
o Arrangement may not always benefit the women
Competition for power - Symbolic Interactionism
o Focuses on socialization and nurturing
The ID, Ego, and Super Ego
Thought to hitting someone is a ID
Super Ego says its absolutely not ok
Ego is simply not doing it
ABC Triad
Affect- How people feel (feelings as emotions)
Behavior- What people do (actions)
Cognition- what people think about (thought processes)
Ex-Love bombing then cheating
Social Psychology Common 3 questions of Affect
- How good is it?
- How powerful is it?
- How active is it?
i.e. Social media
These questions are answered based on feelings, not logic- affective meanings
3 aspects of affective meanings- EPA
- Evaluation
- Potency
- Activity
Natural selection decides which traits will disappear, and which will continue
- Survival: living long enough to reproduce
- Mutation: a new gene or combination of genes
- Reproduction: producing babies that survive long enough to also reproduce
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- Self-knowledge
o How we are aware of ourselves
Self concept
- Information about self
- Self-awareness
- Self esteem
- Self-deception
Public self
- Self-presentation
- Member of groups
- Relationship partner
- Social roles
- reputation
- Agent self
- Executive function
o Decision making
o Self-control
o Taking charge of situations
o Active responding
Self-awareness theory-
- Mirror/audience/photo/hear name
- Self-awareness
- Unpleasant self-discrepancies
- CHANGE (match behavior to standard) or ESCAPE (withdraw from self-awareness)
The looking-glass self
- imagine how you appear to others
- imagine how others will judge you
-Develop an emotional response as a result of imagining how others will judge you
Self-perception Theory
people observe their own behavior to infer what they are thinking and how they are feeling
Dependency ratio
(# of persons less than or equal to 15 yrs + # of persons greater than 65 yrs)/ # of persons b/w 15 &65 yrs*100
Youth dependency burden
of persons less than or equal to 15 yrs/ # of persons b/w 15 &65 yrs*100
Old age dependency burden
of persons greater than 65 yrs/ # of persons b/w 15 &65 yrs*100
Demographic Transition
Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Post Industrialization
o Sir Thomas Malthus
- Race b/w land and people- food supply may not be sufficient to feed an uncontrolled population
- Checks on population growth
o Famine, drought, and diseases
o Planned control using family planning, celibacy, wait to have children
3 factors of production-
- Labor- wages: a variable factor( prices rise and fall based on supply)
- Land- rent (depreciates)
- Capital- interest paid (depreciates)
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Demographic surveys may include data on
- Employment
- Crime
- Public health
- Consumer expeditions
- Housing
Economic surveys in general may include
- Retail
- Service
- Other establishment of the Federal Government
Who uses census data?
- Forecasting future product command
- Determine location of new plants
- Determine future needs for Nursing homes and Daycare
- Labor force participation
- General economy development of regions
- Decide location of new housing and public facilities
- Plan transportation systems
- Determine Quotas and creating police precinct
- Create localized areas for elections, schools, utilities
- Examine the demographic characteristics of communities, states, and the country at large