crime and punishment

Question 1

what are white collar crimes?

Answer 1

Theft at Work
Fraud
Corruption
Employment Offences

Question 2

what are violent crimes

Answer 2

Assault
ABH
Robbery

Question 3

what are property crimes

Answer 3

Theft

Burglary

Robbery (overlapping with violent crimes)

Criminal Damage

Question 4

what are Homicide Crimes

Answer 4

Murder

Manslaughter:
-Voluntary Manslaughter ( Murder with a partial defence)
I-nvoluntary Manslaughter ( No intention present)

Question 5

give a case?

Answer 5

R v Ahluwalia

Manslaughter women poured oil on her husband at night and lit him on fire .

Question 6

what is classicism?

Answer 6

Classicist criminology is an approach which looks at the idea of rational action and free will.

Intended to produce a criminal justice system that was clear and legitimate and was based on everyone being equal.

Question 7

what is positivism?

Answer 7

Positivist criminology is founded by the notion of scientific understanding of crime and criminality, the basic concept is based on the idea that behaviour is determined.

Question 8

benthams approach on crime and punishment

Answer 8

Pleasure and pain

Criminal justice should ensure that activities that cause unhappiness should be punishable

Punishments should be predictable and proportionate.

Question 9

what is lombrosos theory?

Answer 9

The Criminal Man’- criminals have mal-developed brains

Physiologically and psychologically features that distinguish offenders and non offenders

Offenders born criminals.