Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

SOC 224 > Slide 4 - Violent Crimes > Flashcards

Slide 4 - Violent Crimes Flashcards

1
Q

What is crime

A

Describes any violation of criminal law and not merely deviant behaviours

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What is violence

A

Any act marked by great force, passion, or fierceness

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What does violence represent

A

It represents thre breakdown of other systems of interaction, such as persuasion, bargaining, or threats

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Definition of high concensus

A

Most people can agree they should prevented\

Violent crimes are usually high consensus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What is the most extreme act of violence

A

Homocide

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

When does violence decline

A

Violence declines alongside the growth of civility that accompanies the rise of nation-states

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What is the brutalization effect

A

The aggracation of unlawful violence rather than curbing this behaviour through government intervention

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

When and how did the homicide rates permanently rose

A

After the introduction of capitalist punishment in california

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What is interpersonal violence

A

It is often the outcome of a bargaining between two people that does not succeed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

what is the prime cause of violence in human relations

A

Fear

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What does violence represent?

A

It represents thre breakdown of other systems of interaction, such as persuasion, bargaining, or threats

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What are blood feuds?

A

They are ancient forms of intergroup violence intended to restore a group’s honour by taking revenge on a group that has dishonoured it

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

How are women viewed after being raped

A

‘damaged goods’

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

In blood fueds what are the solution that is put on the women or the seducer

A

The goal is to kill the seducer or the women or to force the seducer to marry the women

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What is honour killings

A

result of a punishment for dishonour and are practiced in many Islamic societies

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What is Conventional Crimes

A

THey are acts smost people think about when they think of crimes

Ex. Robbery, manslaaughter, and sexual assaults

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What is the least common offence

A

Homocide

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What is the one reason candian homicide rate is much lower than Americans

A

Due to the low rate of firearm-related murders in Canada

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

What is a more common type of assault

A

Non-sexual assault

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Sexual assault is classified into five leavels according to whether the victim was wounded include:

A

Classic Rape: Forcing sexual intercourse on a stranger

Acquaintance rape: Rape by an acquaintance of the victim

Statutory Rape: Victim is under the legal age of consent

Marital Rape: Rape of a spouse

Incest: Rape of a family menber

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

What is the ratio of wome as victims of sexual assault to men

A

4:1

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

What percentage of robberies were male and the most common age

A

Almost 90 percent of those accused of robbery were male and nearly 2/3 were between ages 12-24

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

What was the most common item reported stolen

A

Money

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

What is a new form of criminal violence that has emerged in Canada

A

Stalking

25
Q

What is the subculture theory

A

It is helpful in explaining why arguements between young males often serve as a forerunner to homicide

26
Q

Who is Wolfgang and Ferracuti and what did they write about subcultures

A

Subculture implies there are value judgement or a social value system, which is apart from and a larger part of a larger central value system

27
Q

What does wolfgang and ferracuti subculture of violence theory states

A

Members of a violent culture are disproportionately likely to be to respond to minor transgressions with lethal force because of a culturally defined need to protect one’s protection

28
Q

What is family violence

A

It is an umbrella term covering different kinds of violence, among different sets of family members

29
Q

Who is most affected [victimized] in family abuse

A

Elderly parents

Statistics canada estimates that 1 in 10 elderly people is victimized by violent criminal abuse

30
Q

What does childhood abuse increase

A

It increass the likelihiood of low self-esteem, anxiety , depression, and anti-social tendencies

31
Q

What are the main factors that contribute to child abuse

A

Substace abuse [involved in 40-80 percent of cases]

Alcohol abuse [children 3x more likely to be abused by alcoholic parents]

32
Q

Girls who suffer abuse as children are more likely to become _____ in adulthood

A

victim of abuse

33
Q

Boys who suffer abuse as children are more likely to become ____

A

abusers

34
Q

Has the rate of spousal homicide has generally been increasing or declining

A

It has been declining since the mid 1970s

35
Q

What are the contributers to the decline in spousal homicide

A
  1. Changing strucutres of intimaterelationships
  2. Increases in gender equality
  3. Better training for enforcement personal
  4. Improvements in the support provided to victims
36
Q

What is spousal violence

A

Refers to violence between husband and wife, unmarried co-habiting couples, or gay couples

37
Q

Is severe violence more likely among cohabiting couples or married ones

A

Severe violence is 5x more likely among cohabiting couples than among married ones

38
Q

When is spousal violence against women most common

A

When the wife has a job and the husband does not

39
Q

What are the three types/causes of violence

A
  1. Interpersonal conflict: Pushing, shoving, grabbing, slappng
  2. Non-systematic abuse: Greater variety of violent acts, including threats, throwing objects, kicking, hitting
  3. Systematic abuse: High risk violent acts such as beating, choking and attacking with gun or knife
40
Q

How do functionalist theories view violent crimes

A

Gottfredson and Hirschis general theory of crime emphasizes the lack of self-control as a factor in violence resulting from inadequate socializatio

41
Q

What did Gottfreso and Hirshi’s general theory of crime emphasizes [ Functionalist]

A

People commit criminal acts because these acts provide easy gratification

People inclined to criminal acts are also likely to seek easy, non-criminal pleasures

42
Q

How do symbolic interactioniest theories view violent crimes

A

The differential association theory desribes the ways some people gain skills and rationalization for violent behaviours

Some subcultures use weapons in violent crimes that require both access to the weapon and knowledge of how to use them

43
Q

Who is Athens and what theory does he belong to

A

He states that offenders use four types of justification for violence

Belongs in the symbolic interactions theory

Physical defence, frustration, malefi, frustrative malefic

44
Q

What are the four types of justification according to athens

A
  1. Physical defense
  2. Frustration
  3. Malefic [offender believes he is being belittled or that the victims is evil
  4. Frustrative-malefic [ victim is both loathsome and adversarial
45
Q

Those who view themselves as non-violent interpret their violence as ____

A

Defensive

46
Q

Those who view themselves as violent se their violence in ____

A

____ any of the 4 justifications according to anys

47
Q

How do critica theorist view violent crimes

A

As inequality increases in a society, crime will also increase

48
Q

How does a decline in wages increase crime

A

This will increase the crime rates of ‘quick’ cash’ crimes, especially in societies that lack a social safety net

49
Q

What is the pursuit of respect in accordance to critical theories

A

Deprived areas marked by poverty and inequality spawn social exclusion, alienation, and violence in the pursuit of respect

50
Q

Hidden injuries of social class are the result of what

A

Poverty and inequality

51
Q

Where [what type of community] is homicide rates at its highest

A

Its at its highest in communities with low welfare-payment levels, a high percentage of single-mother families, and a high dropout rate from school

52
Q

What does Dahrendorf [critical theorist] note about violence

A

Noted that violence, as a means of conducting conflict, diminishes through the regulation of conflict

53
Q

What do feminists argue and realize about violent crimes?

A

they argue that fear and dependence mark women’s social relations with men at work, on dates, and in the home

54
Q

What are the social and psychological effects of violent crimes

A

Children exposed to violence in the home are more likely to display physical aggression and emotional disorder,hyperactivity and delinquency

55
Q

What are the mental health effects of violent crimes

A

Victims of crimes are more likely to suffer from PTSD, major depressive episodes, and various phobias

56
Q

What are the physical health effects of violent crimes

A

There are long-term, lingering effects of physical violence, such as suicide attempts and STDs

57
Q

What are the economic consequences of violent crimes

A

The fallout of violent crime results in a great many expenses, both for the individual and community levels

58
Q

What leads people not to trust public institutions [ police officers]

A

It leads people to not report crimes or to withhold information from the police and courts

SOC 224 (4 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions