WK11 Property and cyber crime

Question 1

instrumental crime

Answer 1

carried out in the pursuit of tangible gains

Question 1

property crime

Answer 1

crime that involves the stealing of or damage of the posession to others

Question 2

expressive/rteactive crime

Answer 2

bursts of anger resulting in crime

Question 3

prevalence rates

Answer 3

number of people victimized

Question 4

incidence rates

Answer 4

number of times crime occurs

Question 5

product life cycle

Answer 5

the supply and demand for items explains whether they will be stolen

Question 6

hotspots

Answer 6

burglary is not randomly distributed, occurs in areas of high opportunity and low risk

Question 7

stable hotspots

Answer 7

many crime opportunities over long periods of time

Question 8

dynamic hotspots

Answer 8

are no longer productive and become to risky

Question 9

what causes repeat victimisation?

Answer 9

flag explanation or boost explanation

Question 10

flag explanation

Answer 10

constant chance of victimisation is independent on victimization history, something about person that inherently puts them at higher risk

Question 11

boost explanation

Answer 11

initial victimisation boosts chance of future victimisation, target becomes more vulnerable as a result of initial victimisation.

Question 12

offender focused

Answer 12

social learning theory, neutralisation theory, offender treatment

Question 13

offence focused

Answer 13

routine activities approach, rational choice perspective, situational crime prevention

Question 14

social learning theory

Answer 14

individuals learn the techniques and values to commit property crimes by observing and imitating others

Question 15

social learning theory models

Answer 15

familial models, sub-cultural models and symbolic models

Question 16

familial models

Answer 16

parents and siblings also engage in property crime

Question 17

sub-cultural model

Answer 17

stealing also. common among peers- co-offending

Question 18

symbolic models

Answer 18

tv, computer games

Question 19

3 stages of learning

Answer 19

acquisition, instigation and maintenance

Question 20

Acquistion

Answer 20

learning how to steal and that stealing is ok

Question 21

instigation

Answer 21

inducements to steal on a given occasion

Question 22

maintenance

Answer 22

property crime reinforced

Question 23

neutralisation theory

Answer 23

most offenders know stealing is wrong, in order to steal they need to convince themselves that stealing is ok

Question 24

routine activities approach

Answer 24

crime occurs when a suitable target meets a likely offender in a risky location

Question 25

rational choice perspective

Answer 25

behaviour determined by it’s consequences- individuals seek to benefit themselves , crime occurs when benefits outweigh perceievd costs.

Question 26

3 cues for decision making

Answer 26

perceieved rewards, effort involved and risk involved

Question 27

Cyber crime- deindividuation

Answer 27

sense of anonymity provided by the internet is disinhibiting- we behave differently online than in person