Flashcards in Chapter 18: Crime Typologies Part 3 Deck (10):
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What type of offenses are under the, Occasional Property Criminal Behavior, system?
forgery
shoplifting
vandalism
automobile theft
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What type of offenses are under the, Public-Order Criminal Behavior, system?
prostitution
homosexuality
drunkenness
drug use
3
What type of offenses are under the, Political Criminal Behavior, system?
conspiracy and political demonstrations
4
What type of offenses are under the, Professional Criminal Behavior, system?
confidence games
identity theft schemes
forgery
counterfeiting
5
What is the major strength of Multi-Trait Typologies?
its use of multiple traits or dimensions for identifying crime types and its intuitive appeal to most criminologists
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What is crime syndrome?
are based on the composite profile of the offender, offense, and situational elements that underlie different types of crimes
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There are distinct subsets of crime syndromes within general crime categories that have unique __________.
signatures
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What are signatures?
different motives, offender/victim/situational elements
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What are the different crime syndromes?
(1) murder and assaults
(2) sexual assaults
(3) robbery (personal and institutional forms)
(4) burglary (residential and non-residential forms)
(5) motor vehicle theft
(6) occupational crimes
(7) organizational crimes
(8) public order crimes
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