WK3 Crime and victimization

Question 1

anti-social behaviour

Answer 1

behavior that harms other people and pays no attention to social rules

Question 2

80/20 rule

Answer 2

a small number of people are responsible for a large amount of crime

Question 3

crime

Answer 3

behavior that has been criminalized through law

Question 4

criminality as a continuum

Answer 4

many people commit some crimes, few people commit no crime at all

Question 5

the age crime curve

Answer 5

represents the amount of crime committed by people at different ages

Question 6

explanations for crime drop after adolescence

Answer 6

uniform drop off, changes in participation

Question 7

two classes of offenders

Answer 7

adolescence limited, life course persistent

Question 8

pareto principle

Answer 8

5% of offenders responsible for 50% of crime,

Question 9

LCP characteristics

Answer 9

neurological problems, antisocial personality disorders, failure cumulative affect

Question 10

victim offender overlap

Answer 10

people who committ crime are also likely to be victims of crime

Question 11

routine activity theory

Answer 11

socialization with delinquent peers may increase opportunity for victimization and decrease protection from victimization

Question 12

general theory of crime

Answer 12

people with low-self controlmay engage inrisky behaviors throughout parts of their life, increasing opportunity for victimization

Question 13

dark figure of crime

Answer 13

the gap between figures and actual crime levels revealed on victimization surveys

Question 14

international crime drop

Answer 14

until early/mid 1990s, crime rates in most countries had been steadily rising by 5%

Question 15

the security hypothesis

Answer 15

increased security reduced property crimes- falls in gateway crimes resulted inhibiting involvement in other crimes