The characteristics of criminal behaviour

Question 1

What do Andrews and Bonta 1998 say the definition of crime is?

Answer 1

-An act prohibited by law and punished by the state
-An action considered to be a violation of moral or religious cose
-An action that violates the norms of society
-An action that causes serious psychological stress and damage to a victim

Question 2

What does crime is a social construct mean?

Answer 2

Although crimes a definition, it doesn’t consider facts that can be influence criminal behaviour
This includes historical context, culture and how it changes

Question 3

What used to be a crime in the UK but not anymore?

Answer 3

-Abortion
-Homosexuality marriages
-Divorce laws
-Insulting the monarchy
-Groups of 6+ in covid times
-Illegal to eat a whale tail when poor

Question 4

What are some criminal behaviours we weren’t aware were crimes?

Answer 4

-Heart attacks in parliament
-TV licence
-Gambling in a library
-Handling salmon suspiciously
-Walking cows in the streets at daytime

Question 5

What are some crime in other country’s not criminal in the UK?

Answer 5

-Jaywalking in America but not in england
-Free speech in Korea
-Chewing chewing gum on public transport in Singapore
-Saudi Arabia can’t take pictures of government buildings
-Cant feed pigeons in jail

Question 6

What do Muncie and McLaughlin 1996, says most people have demonstrated criminal behaviour, give some examples?

Answer 6

-Going on phone whilst driving
-Using someone’s electricity without permission of the bill holder
-Vaping in car
-Antisocial behaviour, playing loud music after 11pm
-Facebook account before 13
-Jaywalking

Question 7

Is all criminal behaviour wrong-
Examples?

Answer 7

There are time when criminal behaviour is deemed morally right
Nelson Mandela- Was arrested and convicted for conspiracy to overthrow the state in South Africa because they campaign against racial prejudice and the govt was pro-apathetic meaning they support racial segregation and discrimination
He spend 27 yrs in jail
Pussy riots- Group of feminists who are outspoken in their opposition president Putin, a lot of them have been jailed
-Emmeline Pankhurst, a suffragette

Question 8

Who decided on the types of crime?

Answer 8

Farr and Gibbons 1990

Question 9

What are the 7 types of crime?

Answer 9

-Property predatory crimes
-Property fraudulent crime
-Interpersonal violence general
-Interpersonal violence sexual
-Transactional vice
-Order disruption
-Folk/mundane crime

Question 10

Farr and Gibbons- Property predatory crimes
Description and examples?

Answer 10

-People involved in taking or attempts to take someones private property without permission
e.g. Burglary, Robbery and car theft

Question 11

Farr and gibbons-Property fraudulent crime description and examples?

Answer 11

People involved in deceit of manipulation with the purpose of converting property or services of others to their own use
e.g. Fraud, bribery and embezzlement

Question 12

Farr and Gibbons- Interpersonal violence general description and examples?

Answer 12

People are involved in actions that threaten or cause a person harm
e.g. Murder, assault and kidnapping

Question 13

Farr and gibbons- Interpersonal violence sexual description and examples?

Answer 13

Persons involved with actions that threaten or cause a person harm and contain a sexual element
e.g. rape, sexual abuse and incest

Question 14

Farr and Gibbons-Transactional vice description and examples?

Answer 14

Persons are involved in ‘victimless’ offences where there is a willing exchange of goods and service
e.g. Prostitution, drug dealing and illegal gambling

Question 15

Farr and Gibbons -Order disruption
description and examples?

Answer 15

Persons involved in actions where there are no direct victims but concerns raised about potential victim
e.g. Resisting arrest, loitering, rioting and disorderly conduct

Question 16

Farr and Gibbons -Folk/mundane crime description and examples?

Answer 16

Persons are involved in actions that can range from minor rule violations (nuisances rather than crime)
e.g. Sharing copyright movie
-Phone whilst driving
-Not paying for a tv licence

Question 17

What is a career criminal?

Answer 17

Criminals that use crime to finance their lives

Question 18

What are the traits of a career criminal?

Answer 18

-Rationalising
-Entitlement
-Asocial value system
-Sentimentality
-Impulsive
-Family dysfunction
-Easily distracted
-Power centric
-Invincibility
-Cognitive laziness

Question 19

Trait- Rationalising?

Answer 19

-Rationalise own behaviour by diverting blame on others
-Dont evaluate own behaviour

Question 20

Trait- Entitlement?

Answer 20

-Self centredness, dont care about others
-Believe they have the right to commit any acts they could desire

Question 21

Trait- Asocial value system?

Answer 21

No remorse to action or empathy to others
-Failure to adhere to acceptable social standards with a lack of self control leads to life with confrontation

Question 22

Trait- Sentimentality?

Answer 22

See themselves in a positive light as they have sentimentality towards children and animals, further fueling fire of rationalising offending cycle

Question 23

Trait- Impulsive?

Answer 23

Unable to control behaviour and impulses
-Lack control over their temperament leading to disastrous results

Question 24

Trait- Family dysfunction?

Answer 24

Lack of family support on financial and emotions support
Family unable to provide emotional stability’s, leading to asocial behaviour
-Also substance abuse by father

Question 25

Trait- Easily distracted?

Answer 25

Distraction issues losing focus of original goals
Can’t remain focused on target with socially acceptable objects
So criminalise decided they hold the strength they’ll exploit the weak

Question 26

Trait- Power centric?

Answer 26

Look at people and situations as a power strategy
-Each encounters a battle of strong or weak
-When criminals decide they had the strength they’ll exploit the weak

Question 27

Trait -Cognitive laziness?

Answer 27

Lack of ambition, without thought out decisions
-Have strong desire to live outside rules and test boundaries of acceptable behaviour in youth
-As older they live within antisocial boundaries they created

Question 28

Trait- Invincibility?

Answer 28

Inflating sense of optimism ‘i’ll never get caught’
-Beliefs leads criminalisation of dangerous path
-Believe certain strategy’s worked in past so will now

Question 29

What do Holmes and Holmes say about serial killers?

Answer 29

-Serial killers shared characteristics of being white, male and between ages of 25-34
-Intelligent
-Charming and charismatic
-Different subtypes of serial killers

Question 30

Holmes and Holmes- what are the 4 types of a serial killer?

Answer 30

-Visionary serial killer
-Mission orientations
-Hedonistic serial killer
-Power control serial killer

Question 31

Holmes and homes- what is a visionary serial killer?

Answer 31

-Motivated to kill by voices and visions, individuals can be both lucid and then on occasion lose touch with reality
-Frequently report actions are due to god or the devil
-During commision of crime, usually kill quickly and don’t engage in staging at the crime scene
-Usually declare insane or in compliant to stand trial

Question 32

Holmes and holmes- what is a mission orientation?

Answer 32

-Believe they have a calling to eliminate a certain group of people
-This sort of killer is in touch with reality apart from their self imposed need to irradiate certain groups
-In the commision of their crimes, the mission serial killer may stalk potential victim and generally display an organised typology (cleaning up after crime scene)

Question 33

Holmes and holmes- what is a hedonistic serial killer?

Answer 33

Kill for joy- thrill and comfort orientation
Lust/thrill- Sexual gratifications and violence, murder is erotic
Follow distinct process they fellow and crime and protrade
Comfort- Personal gain (property+ money), perpetrator most likely to be a female, geographically mobile and hard to catch

Question 34

Holmes and holmes- what is a power control serial killers?

Answer 34

-Derive sexual gratification from dominating and controlling the lives of others
-May be a sociopath and live by their own rules even though they are aware of society’s rules
-Derive most gratification by prolonging their crimes and may use weapons
-Strong compulsion to strangle victims