Types Of Crime

Question 1

Social defintion of crime

Answer 1

Society label an act as a crime the. It is considered as a crime

Question 2

Legal definition of crime

Answer 2

If the law say an act is a crime then it is a crime

Question 3

Volume of crime

Answer 3

Has a significant impact on society and is out of control

Question 4

Major crime

Answer 4

Any crime that goes to supreme court

Question 5

Crime against Person

Answer 5

A crime committed by physical harm o force towards another person

Question 6

Crime against property

Answer 6

Incidents where individuals, households or cooperates bodies are deprived if their property is damaged

Question 7

Cybercrime

Answer 7

A criminal activity that occurs om a computer or network device

Question 8

Crime statistics

Answer 8

Collective information effective for policing

Question 9

Two types of collecting trends of crime

Answer 9

1. Record crime and statistics from police
2. Information collected for crime survey for wales and england

Question 10

Purpose of collecting statistics for crime

Answer 10

Provide trends in offences
Allow evaluation and development of policy
Provide geographical trend
Enable protection to victims
Show police workload

Question 11

Crime survey for England and Wales

Answer 11

Victims survey that asks population of people in england and wales about their experience of crime
They are not reported to police
More accurate the police statistics

Question 12

Police recorded crime

Answer 12

Home office record crime in recorded crime figures broken down by time, geography and offence type

Question 13

Commercial victimisation survey

Answer 13

Extent and costs of crime against business in england and wales which is used to
Monitor crime trends
Identify what need to be done to prevent crime

Question 14

Self report offender survery

Answer 14

Unofficial crime survey which is done by people who may or may not committed a crime
Infomation of drug use by offenders
Evidence on relationship between victims and offenders

Question 15

Functionalist theories

Answer 15

Looks at society as a whole and explains nature of society is the cause of crime

Question 16

Society of saints

Answer 16

Deviance would still exist as general standard and behaviour is to high in society now

Question 17

Crimes postive function

Answer 17

Social regulation- reaffirming boundaries to make behaviour acceptable
Social cohesion-strength social cohesion
Social change- further action performed by the criminals to provide constant test of the boundaries of permitted action

Question 18

Merton law

Answer 18

Believe goals and achievements have an impact and if not achieved by the person they rebel and commit crime
American dream was built on USA system and to encourage people to achieve their goals

Question 19

Marxist perspective on crime

Answer 19

How crime focused on Capitalist system
Only benefits the elites and not the working class

Question 20

Realism
Right realist

Answer 20

Realism believe that u have a choice to commit a crime
Right realist believe that the reason people commit crime is a biological factor and believe nuclear family will not commit crime but other types of structured family would

Question 21

Left realist

Answer 21

Believe groups that lack goals and wealth will commit crime

Question 22

Post modernist theorie

Answer 22

Crume can not be prevented as society has been way advanced now and can not be changed now
Culture of resentment- gaps between expectations and achievement
Individualism- where people think of themselves as an individual and not part of society

Question 23

Gender and crime

Answer 23

Men are more likely to commit more crimes than women
Men are more likely to commit violent crimes like murder
Women commit less violent crimes according to ministry of justice

Question 24

Sex role theory

Answer 24

Theorist believe in transitional values and norms associated to femininity discourages from criminal activity and masculinity is reason why men commit crimw

Question 25

Biological theories

Answer 25

There are biological theories between men and women
Example men produce higher testerone levels than women so more likely to display agression

Question 26

Feminist perspectives

Answer 26

Two strands of feminist theory:
Marginalisation- argue that the position women are in society is primary reason why men commit more crimes and links to men not having domestic roles and therefore higher opportunities to commit crime
Control theory- women are more controlled than men as men are given more person freedom then women