Unit 2 key words

Question 1

Actus reus

Answer 1

guilty act

Question 1

Mens rea

Answer 1

Guilty mind/intention

Question 2

Combination order

Answer 2

court sentence combining probation order and community service order

Question 3

Civil partnership

Answer 3

legally recognised agreement for same-sex couples

Question 4

Execute

Answer 4

Kill someone as legal punishment

Question 5

Statute

Answer 5

Act of parliament or legislation

Question 6

Miscarriage of justice

Answer 6

Punishment for a crime not committed

Question 7

Acquittal

Answer 7

Not guilty verdict of a crime they have been charged of doing

Question 8

Solicit

Answer 8

sex for money

Question 9

Kerb crawlers

Answer 9

driving slowly along a road in order to ask a prostitute for sex

Question 10

Brothel

Answer 10

place where you go to pay for a prostitute

Question 11

Manslaughter

Answer 11

unlawful killing, no malice or afterthought, in circumstance it is not murder

Question 12

Diminished responsibility

Answer 12

partial defence for murder resulting in convivtion of manslaughter instead

Question 13

Mandatory

Answer 13

required by law

Question 14

Consent

Answer 14

defence law that proves permssion was provided by appropriate person for crime to happen

Question 15

Self-defence

Answer 15

defence in law allowing responsible force to avoid conviction

Question 16

Automatism

Answer 16

defence where defendant isnt in control of actions

Question 17

Monozygotic

Answer 17

identical twins

Question 18

Dizygotic

Answer 18

non-identical/fraternal twins

Question 19

Concordance

Answer 19

in agreement or harmony

Question 20

Atavistic

Answer 20

ancient or ancesteral

Question 21

Somatotype

Answer 21

Body shape

Question 22

PET scan

Answer 22

positron emission tomography 3D images of the body

Question 23

Observational learning

Answer 23

observers behaviour changes after viewing a model

Question 24

Differential association

Answer 24

interactions

Question 25

Juvenile delinquent

Answer 25

under the age of 18 and breaking the law

Question 26

Control group

Answer 26

group in a study that doesnt receive treatment and is used as a benchmark for comparisons

Question 27

Extraversion

Answer 27

mainly concerned with gaining pleasure from things outside ones self

Question 28

Introversion

Answer 28

directing interest inward or to do things by self

Question 29

Neuroticism

Answer 29

feelings of anxiety,worry,anger or fear

Question 30

Psychoticism

Answer 30

personality pattern typified by aggression and hostility towards others

Question 31

Marxist

Answer 31

supports political and economic theories of Karl Marx, capitalism is unequal and based on exploiting working class/proletariat

Question 32

Capitalism

Answer 32

producing and distributing goods for profit

Question 33

Anomie

Answer 33

loss of shared principles or norms

Question 34

Ritualistic

Answer 34

performing same way

Question 35

Retreatist

Answer 35

rejection of societys goals and means of attaining them

Question 36

Folk devils

Answer 36

bad influence on society

Question 37

Deviancy amplification

Answer 37

deviant behaviour exaggerated creating more deviance

Question 38

Steryotyping

Answer 38

widely help over enlarged image of a type of person

Question 39

Consumerism

Answer 39

projection or promotion in interest of consumers

Question 40

Materialism

Answer 40

consideration that material goods are the most important

Question 41

Paranoid schizophrenic

Answer 41

illness of psychosis of varying intensity making them lose touch with reality

Question 42

Whole life tariff

Answer 42

irder that a convicted felon must serve all sentencein prison without parole

Question 43

Recidivism

Answer 43

tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend

Question 44

Biological determinism

Answer 44

personality or behaviour caused by genes rather than environmental factors ie nature over nurture

Question 45

Incarcerated criminals

Answer 45

people found guilty of a offence and are in prison

Question 46

Punitive laws

Answer 46

laws intended to punish

Question 47

Custodial sentence

Answer 47

punishment of being sent to prison

Question 48

Facilitator

Answer 48

assitant in making a task easier

Question 49

Safeguarding

Answer 49

protection from harm or damage with appropriate measure

Question 50

Sex offender register

Answer 50

details of anyone convicted, cautioned or released from prison for sexual offences against children or adults. kept by police

Question 51

Pilot scheme

Answer 51

used to test an idea before deciding to introduce large scale

Question 52

Young offenders

Answer 52

prison for 28 to 20 year olds