Questions on Exam

Question 1

What does ICAP Theory stand for?

Answer 1

Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Theory

Question 2

Who created the ICAP Theory?

Answer 2

Farrington

Question 3

What does ICAP Theory state?

Answer 3

Everyone can be antisocial and depends how far we will go to commit crimes
Potential peer approval becomes potential disapproval

Question 4

Long Term for ICAP Theory

Answer 4

How we think continually

Question 5

Short term for ICAP Theory

Answer 5

How we act in different situations

Question 6

Is ICAP Theory good?

Answer 6

Too broad to be good and testable theory

Question 7

Prohibition law (1920s)

Answer 7

Volstead Act

Question 8

Green Criminology

Answer 8

Study of crimes and harms against environment

Question 9

Roots of Green Criminology

Answer 9

Patriarchy and Capitalism

Question 10

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Answer 10

Unsocialized and whose behavior patterns bring them into repeated conflict with society
Cause unclear

Question 11

Somatogenic Causes for ASPD

Answer 11

based on physiological features

Question 12

Psychogenic Cause for ASPD

Answer 12

rooted in early interpersonal experiences

Question 13

Gender differences in ASPD

Answer 13

Much higher among males than females
*Females with ASPD appear to have male characteristics

Question 14

Pattern of crime as age increases

Answer 14

12-25 years old is when most people commit crime
Many stop committing crime after 24 years old as they enter adulthood

Question 15

Good targets for white collar crime

Answer 15

Aggregate level (lack of credible agencies)
Organizational level
Individual level (Aggressiveness thrill seeking)

Question 16

Early Intervention Targets

Answer 16

Younger kids

Question 17

Big 5 Personality Traits

Answer 17

Conscientious-> Stable-> Agreeable-> Open-> Extraverted

Question 18

Kennesaw, Georgia

Answer 18

Law that requires everybody to arm themselves

Question 19

Who came up with feminist criminology?

Answer 19

Hagan and Messerschmidts
Campbell
Adler and Simon

Question 20

What happened at Apalachian meeting?

Answer 20

1957
Proved the existence of organized crime syndicate
Police arrested important LCN members

Question 21

Moffits Dual Taxonomy

Answer 21

Life Course Persistent
Adolescent limited

Question 22

Difference between adult and juvenile offenders

Answer 22

Adult offenders are considered pathological
Juvenile offenders are considered normal

Question 23

Theory created by Sampson and Laub

Answer 23

Age Graded Theory of Informal Social Control (1993)
Antisocial behavior as “default setting”
Formal and Informal social controls
Ties to prosocial peers and institutions important for preventing crime

Question 24

Best way to create development theories

Answer 24

Longitudinal Methodology (done over time because it takes a lot of time and commitment)

Question 25

Sutherland's definition of White Collar Crime

Answer 25

Offender based - based on status, white males, 40-50s, have power

Question 26

Edelhertz definition of White Collar Crime

Answer 26

Offense based- type of crime

Question 27

Benson-Simpson definition of White Collar Crime

Answer 27

Reconciling the two definitions (Sutherland and Edelhertz): pay attention to both status and type of crime

Question 28

Congress Definition of White Collar Crime: Illegal Acts

Answer 28

An illegal act or series of illegal acts committed by non-physical means and by concealment or guile, to obtain money, property, obtain business, or personal advantage

Question 29

Psychopaths and Sociopaths

Answer 29

Primary psychopaths Born with psychopathic personalities Secondary psychopaths/Sociopaths Born with "normal personality", develop psychopathic tendencies

Question 30

Other types of psychopaths

Answer 30

Charismatic psychopaths Distempered psychopaths

Question 31

Life Event Changes

Answer 31

Turning Points

Question 32

How many arrests are related to alcohol

Answer 32

1/3 of all arrests 185 billion annually

Question 33

Different parts of personality

Answer 33

Id - biological raw material of our temperament and personality Ego obeys the reality principle Superego - strives for the ideal

Question 34

Life course and developmental theories gap

Answer 34

Maturity gap

Question 35

Different traits that lead to more or less criminal behavior

Answer 35

Impulsiveness Negative Emotionality Sensation seeking Lack of empathy Altruism(ability to do things for other people) Conscientiousness Agreeableness

Question 36

Drug Intervention types

Answer 36

Behavioral Cognitive - decision making Motivation - motivational process, Interviewing Personality - Addictive personality coupled with environment

Question 37

Occupational Crime

Answer 37

Resemble the general population Similar to street offenders Motives are quick benefits with minimal efforts

Question 38

Corporate Crime

Answer 38

Fraud and environmental offenses

Question 39

Organized Crime

Answer 39

A continuing criminal enterprise

Question 40

White Collar Crime

Answer 40

May be occupational or corporate An illegal act or series of illegal acts committed by non-physical means and by concealment or guile, to obtain money, property, obtain business, or personal advantage

Question 41

Difficulty to infiltrate organized crime

Answer 41

Restricted to italian males Prospective members must be sponsored A lifetime commitment to the family is required

Question 42

Requirements to get into cosa nostra

Answer 42

Must be associate and associated with already conducted memebrs

Question 43

Prostitution legislation

Answer 43

Illegal Frequent coercion Sexual services, recruiters, clients, and places that house them

Question 44

Organizational Structure of Mafia

Answer 44

Boss Underboss Administration (top of each family) Family (represented by crews) Captains (Head of each crew) Made members (friends)

Question 45

Alcohol related deaths and crimes

Answer 45

2.5 million deaths in 2009 75% of robberies and 80% of homicides