CCJS REVIEW 1 Bad only because it is prohibited a Mala prohibita 2 Three key principles of science a Empiricism objectivity and control 3 Unintended consequences a Latent functions 4 2 categories of index offenses a Violent and property offenses 5 The 4 property index crimes a Burglary larceny auto theft arson 6 Defining an abstract concept so it can be measured a Operationalization 7 The definition of conformity a Adherence to social norms 8 The definition of crime a Violation of a criminal law 9 Difference between reliability and validity a Validity accuracy reliability consistency 10 Official crime measure designed to replace UCR a NIBRS 11 Research method Black 1970 used a Fieldwork observation 12 Taps into the dark figure of crime 13 Has the Hierarchy Rule a NCVS a UCR 14 The 4 violent index crimes a Murder rape robbery and assault 15 Measures all ages a UCR 16 Adherence to social norms a Conformity 17 An example of deviance not crime a Standing backwards in an elevator staring speeding 5 miles over 18 According to Black 1970 a report is more likely when a More serious crime victim preference strangers polite higher SES 19 Occurs when respondents report crimes that occurred prior to time period of study a Telescoping 20 Does not measure murder a NCVS 21 3 crime measurements a Official data victimization data self report data 22 Distinguishes science from other ways of knowing a Scientific method 23 The agency that publishes the UCR a The FBI 24 The difference between formal and informal deviance a Formal crime violation informal norm violation 25 Measures crime known to police a UCR 26 A person who studies crime and criminal behavior a Criminologist 27 Definition of deviance a A norm violation 28 The main source of official crime data a UCR 29 Walter Wallace s 1971 4 Ways of Knowing a Authoritarian mystical logical scientific 30 How a crime rate is calculated a Accounts for population 31 Type of research where we convert info into numbers a Quantitative 32 Social class most likely to be victimized a Poor lower class 33 Crimes unknown to police a Dark figure of crime a Survey a Snowball sampling 34 If we wanted to learn about many people at once we would use this design 35 Sampling procedure used by Jacobs to obtain his sample of crack dealers 36 T F decision to commit crime usually originates in a group setting 37 UCR term meaning offender is known or arrest has been made 38 Criminals working together is called this 39 T F criminal decision making is often influenced by offender s chaotic a TRUE a Clearance a Co offending lifestyle a TRUE 40 If we wanted to research people in their natural setting we would use a Observational study fieldwork 41 Crime trend described by age crime curve a Increases during teen years and decreases in early 20s 42 Views criminal law as arising from conflict of interests of different groups 43 To examine whether something works we would use this type of research a Conflict model design a Experiment 44 Translated to mean guilty mind and bad act a Mens rea and actus rea 45 Best demographic predictor of offending 46 Criminals decisions based on weighing rewards against costs is called this 47 T F most crimes are well thought out and planned in advance a Gender a Rational choice a False
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