Chap 10 SG Flashcards
Homicide
the willful killing of one human being by another.
Murder
the unlawful willing killing of one human being by another.
Criminal homicide
the killing of one person by another that is not considered justifiable or excusable under the law.
First-degree murder
Criminal homicide that is planned or that involves some premeditation. It just has to be time to briefly reflect and decide (malice).
Second-degree murder
Criminal homicide (killing with the intent of killing) but without premeditation or planning. There is no malice aforethought.
Negligent homicide
you did not intend to kill them but did through some amount of carelessness, recklessness, or neglect.
Felony murder
This allows the courts to treat an unintentional or unplanned death that happens during the commission of a crime to be charged as 1st degree murder.
Primary homicide
are homicides where the victim and offender have a relationship. They are between family members, friends, acquaintances.
Expressive homicide
there is some preexisting hostility or rage based on jealousy, revenge, romantic triangles, or minor disagreements.
Nonprimary homicide
between a victim and offender who have no preexisting relationship and often are biproducts of another crime.
Instrumental crimes
the crime involves premeditation, even if the homicide doesn’t. They are less likely to be precipitated by the victim.
Sibling offenses
Dominance is the goal—getting control of a situation and the homicide is not planned in advance.
Victim participation
This is not blaming the victim, it’s just helping us understand what happened better (We want to look at the factors at play that led to the killing).
Serial murder
the unlawful killing of two or more people by the same person in separate incidents, with a period of time between the murders.
Visionary serial killers
hear voices and have visions that serve as the motivations to kill.
Comfort serial killers
are motivated by financial or material gain.
Hedonistic serial killers
are motivated by the pleasure they take in killing. They kill because they get pleasure from it.
Power seekers
they kill because they like the control it gives them over others. It’s a game.
Mass murder
Three plus victims in a single event or during a very short period of time.
These are usually planned attacks at mundane places.
Rape
The penetration—no matter how slight—of the vagina or anus with any body part or object without the consent of the other (Penetration and consent are the two main elements of rape).
Rape shield laws
in the 1970s, which kept the defense from dragging a person’s sexual history into evidence.
Acquaintance rape
in most rapes the victim and stranger victim and offender have got a pre-existing relationship (in context of a dating relationship (date rape)).
Spousal rape
husbands who prefer raping their wives over having consensual sex with them.
Child Sexual Abuse
(CSA) encompasses a variety of criminal activity where a minor is exploited for purposes of sexual gratification or profit (child molestation, child sexual exploitation, and the commercial sexual exploitation of children).
