Crime and Delinquency

Public Disorder Crimes

behavior that is treated as criminal only when it occurs before some audience that will

offended

Crimes of Negligence unintended victim or potential victim

llegal Service Crimes

a relationship between a criminal and his/her customer

Predatory Crimes

acts that have victims who suffer loss of property or some kind of physical harm

Total Institutions

A place where you have absolutely no say.

hospitals, jails, prisons, military

Suicide is ...

illegal

Juveniles Court Primary Focuses on ...

the child, then the community

FBI report a violent crime every...

25 seconds

Most accurate reports

car theft

3 Types of Juveniles

1- Youthful offenders

2- status offenders

3- minors in need of care

1st Juvenile Court ...

1899, illinois

Sources of Data

official records

victimization studies

self reports

Criminal Justice Process

1- arrest

2- indictment

3- arraignment

4- plea bargain

5- plea/trial

6- sentencing

7- appeal

Organized Crime

an ongoing organization of people who provide illegal services/goods, and who maintain

their activities by the aid of political corruption

White Collar Crime

committed by responsible people in the course of their work

Cyber Crime

the use of the computer to engage in criminal activity

Differential Association Theory

the belief that you grew up knowing no other way then criminal activity

you did it because that's all you knew, you weren't educated not to

What is the triad of criminology and how do they influence eachother

Understanding crime, explaining crime,and resonding to crime. We first must

understand crime in order to explain it.Once we can explain why crimes occur, as well

as why people commit crimes, we will be able to respond to the crime better.

What is crime?

Crime is any act or omission,which the state says the crime is criminal, and to which the

state attaches consequences. The defemition is constantly fluctuating , and can be

defined differently be each indiviual.

What assumptions underlie the classical school of criminoloy , according to the

huff reading?

People have free will in making decisions . Punishments can be detturence for crime as

long as punishment is proportional , fits the crime and is carried out promptly.

Becarias six tenets , according to the Huff reading

1- motivation underlying all social action must be the utilitarian value of that action.

2-focus on the act and the extent of damage, not intent

3-prevention of crime is more important than its punishment

4-secret accusations and torture should be elimnated and the trial should serve justice

5-that the only valid purpose of punishment is detterence, not social revenge.

6- incarceration should be widely used, classification developed to prevent haphazardly

mixing all types of inmates

What is deviance?

any violation of social norms, values, or expectations. changes over time and is different

throughout cultures. If you break expectations you are considered deviant.

What are social rules and norms? How do these concepts come to be given meaning?

Social rules and norms are unofficial rules created by the members of society. People of

society enforce these norms. An example would be someone clipping his or her toenails

on a bus.

What is social social control

From above: clipping toenails on the bus is not illegal, yet people will glare and give

them dirty looks, usually making them stop. These actions of civilians help enforce the

social rules.