Types of crime

Question 1

What is rule of law

Answer 1

The fact that the law applies to everyone

Question 2

What is separation of powers

Answer 2

Legislature - Parliament –> creates the law

Executive - Adminsters the law

Judiciary - makes judgements on the law - interprets

Question 3

What is Human rights

Answer 3

The underpinning factor to the existence of human rights

Question 4

Street crime

Answer 4

Visible components of crime, in public places

Question 5

Fear of crime

Answer 5

Concerns of fears that people express about potential crimes on themselves

Question 6

Gender based violence

Answer 6

Physical or non-physical forms of harassment, abuse and harm d to gender identity

Question 7

Elder abuse

Answer 7

Physical, sexual, emotional - usually by family members or carers

Question 8

Child abuse

Answer 8

Physical, sexual , emotional, neglect, prostitution, pornography

Question 9

White collar crime

Answer 9

Committed by a person in a respectable, high social status in his/hers occupation

Question 10

Environmental Crime

Answer 10

an illegal act which directly harms the environment.

Question 11

Cyber crime

Answer 11

Crime committed through technology:
Hacking - gain information
Phishing -collects personal info
illegal intercepts

Question 12

Transnational crime

Answer 12

provision of illicit goods (drug trafficking, trafficking in stolen property,
weapons trafficking, and counterfeiting), illicit services (commercial sex and human trafficking),
infiltration of business and government (fraud

Question 13

Violent Crime

Answer 13

Violation of criminal law, that involve the intentional use of violence by one person against another

Question 14

Firearms

Answer 14

Commission of crime with an instrument used as a weapon, with the purpose of killing, injuring of defeating another

Question 15

Homicides

Answer 15

Criminal act of murder, killing a human being premeditated and with malice

Question 16

Manslaughter

Answer 16

Murder that is not premeditated

Question 17

Occupational violence

Answer 17

Attempted exercise of a person, to cause injury to a worker, threatening statement

Question 18

Robbery

Answer 18

Unlawful taking of property without consent, by physical force or threated force

Armed robbery - conducted with weapons or imitation weapons
implied weapons -weapon not seen but claims to have one

Unarmed robbery - weapon is not used

Question 19

Kidnap and abduction

Answer 19

Kidnap - taken against their will, usually with force - threats against them, intent, suggestion victim will suffer harm
Accompanied with ransom of money

Abduction - taken away by persuasion, forceful way

Question 20

Assault

Answer 20

direct infliction of force, injury or violence on a person , including threats

Question 21

Domestic family violence

Answer 21

Invoices threatened behaviour , abuse can be physical, sexual, financial, psychological, emotional

Between adults - intimate relationship

Question 22

SPECSS - reasons for increases in domestic abuse

Answer 22

Separation, pregnancy, escalation , cultural , sexual assault, stalking

Question 23

Sexual crime

Answer 23

A physical assault of a sexual nature - does not give consent , consent under intimidation, legally enable of giving consent - age or permeant or temporary capacity to do so

Question 24

Rape Types

Answer 24

opportunist - approach is explicit, pro offending

Sadistic sexual rapist - sexual driven - experience sexual fantasies - sexual arousals - distorted attitudes

Sadistic rapist - aggression , erotic and discursive thoughts and fantasies

Vindictive raise women are the central focus , degrading and humiliating victim

Angry rapist motivated by anger

Question 25

5 Internet offences

Answer 25

Downloading child pornography

Distribution and production

Engaging, seducing and grooming children

Contact offences from internet grooming

Exhibitions - exposing themselves to women and children

Question 26

Acquisitive crime

Answer 26

Offender derives material gain - shoplifting , burglary ,robbery

Question 27

Burglary

Answer 27

Act of breaking and entering to commit a crime - usually theft

Question 28

Distraction burglary

Answer 28

gets access to home , to trick the owner tin that they need help, or they are a gas company, operate in pairs , one distracts one steal

Question 29

Car theft

Answer 29

Defined as attempted taking of motor vehicle, tech security-denting the rate of theft

Question 30

Organised crime

Answer 30

Those included in continuing serious criminal activity whilst profiting elsewhere

Question 31

Organised crime characteristics

Answer 31

• idea of longevity - beyond the life time of members , structured to suffice leadership, when someone is arrested

Membership is restricted , common ties, ethnicity , subjected to scrutiny, asked to prove themselves write be accepted

Secrecy, willingness to commit, and to protect

Economic benefits , prestige, protection

Question 32

organised crime structure

Answer 32

a hierarchal arrangement - devoted to the accomplishment of a particular function can be fluid ranks based on power and authority