Chapter One

Question 1

Crime of the century

Answer 1

kidnapping/murder of Lindberg Baby
Bruno Hauptmann- caught by accident
many consspiracies

Question 2

Emmitt Till

Answer 2

lynching of 14 year old who was brutally beaten
whistling at white woman (not true)
racial crime- no justice from an all white jury
open casket- horror of the south

Question 3

criminology

Answer 3

study of the making of laws, breaking of laws, and the social reaction to the breaking of laws

Question 4

crime

Answer 4

behavior that is prohibited by laws and has prescribed punishments

Question 5

criminal law

Answer 5

law that deal with the prosecution and definition of crime

Question 6

civil law

Answer 6

law that is related to private rights and disputes between citizens

Question 7

deviance

Answer 7

behaviors that violate cultural norms, rules, or laws

Question 8

reasons for breaking the law

Answer 8

necessity
choice
mental/physical defect
offenders may not know

Question 9

theory

Answer 9

a statement/ set of statements that explains a concept and that has withstood repeated tests and can be used to make inferences about other concepts

Question 10

criminological theory

Answer 10

seeks to understand why people break the laws so crime can be controlled

Question 11

serial murder

Answer 11

the killing of a sequence of victims committed in 3 or moer separate events over an extended period of time

Question 12

antisocial

Answer 12

following standards of behavior intended to harm society and individuals

Question 13

recidivism

Answer 13

repeated offending

Question 14

white-collar crime

Answer 14

financially motivated criminal offenses committed by way of deceit/without violence, usually involving the offender’s place of employment or business

Question 15

pro-social

Answer 15

following standards of behavior intended to facilitate society and individuals

Question 16

street crime

Answer 16

materially destructive or violent criminal offences that are often interpersonal and represent those for which the police are most often called

Question 17

society reaction to crime

Answer 17

fear, anger, disgust

facination to the more violent/bizarre

Question 18

nature of criminology

Answer 18

interdisciplinary

-political science, economics, biology, psychology, law, and the most important sociology

Question 19

criminal justice system

Answer 19

3 branches
1- police
2- courts
3- corrections systems

Question 20

police branch

Answer 20

keep the peace
ensure public safety
make arrests

Question 21

courts branch

Answer 21

enforce the law by dealing with people arrested and by trying to make sure defendants receive due process

Question 22

corrections system branch

Answer 22

carries out sentences handed down by the courts and by trying to rehabilitate criminals

Question 23

7 criteria of good theory

Answer 23

1- usefulness and policy implications
2- empirical validity
3- scope
4- testability
5- parsimony
6- ideology
7- logical consistency

Question 24

social learning theory

Answer 24

people who associate with lawbreakers are more likely to break the law

Question 25

conflict theory

Answer 25

more disadvantage groups in society (minorities and poor) who experience discrimination are more likely to rebel against their situation through crime