compare criminal behvaiour and deviance AC1.1

Question 1

norms

Answer 1

something that is usual, typical, or standard

Question 2

Social values

Answer 2

Rules shared by most people
they are what is right and wrong
example: people feel we should respect elderly

Question 3

moral codes

Answer 3

set of basic rules and values held by individuals groups organisations or societies as a whole

Question 4

deviance

Answer 4

behaviour that goes against norms

Question 5

thre forms of devience

Answer 5

• admired behaviour
• odd behvaiour
• bad behaviour

Question 6

two types of sanctions

Answer 6

• informal
• formal

Question 7

formal santions

Answer 7

punishment given by legal authorities
Examples: fines or arrests

Question 8

sanctions are a form of what

Answer 8

form of social control - we are rewarded or punished in an attempt to control our behvaiour

Question 9

two elements of criminal behaviour

Answer 9

actus reus - guilty act
mens rea - guilty mind

Question 10

Self defence can have elements of actus reus and mens rea but sometimes isn’t punished this is because…

Answer 10

self defence is not a crime assuming the force used was in proportion to the risk

Question 11

types of court sanctions

Answer 11

• custodial sentencing
• community sentences
• fines
• discharge

Question 12

custodial sentencing

Answer 12

imprisonment

Question 13

community sentences

Answer 13

Unpaid work, probation, curfews

Question 14

fines

Answer 14

• most common sentence
• charge someone money as a punishment

Question 15

discharge

Answer 15

• conditional or absolute
• condtional discharges are when the defendent reoffends during a set time and the court alter the sentence
• absolute is when no penalty is imposed as the defendent is technically guilty but moraly blameless

Question 16

Moral code

Answer 16

Considered good behaviour.
Criminal behaviour is breaking moral codes

Question 17

Informal sanctions of deviance

Answer 17

Punishments for breaking an informal rule
Examples: look of disapproval or a frown

Question 18

cautions

Answer 18

for minor offences; not a criminal conviction

Question 18

non court sanctions

Answer 18

• cautions
• conditional cautions
• penalty notices

Question 19

conditional cautions

Answer 19

Require the offender to agree to certain conditions

Question 19

penality notices

Answer 19

For specific offences like shoplifting

Question 22

Mores

Answer 22

Are “good” behaviour breaking these would be criminal bhevaiour

Question 23

Criminal behaviour legal definition

Answer 23

Is any act that goes against the law

Question 24

examples of criminal behaviour

Answer 24

Theft, assault, murder