CCJS REVIEW1. Bad only because it is prohibiteda. Mala prohibita2. Three key principles of sciencea. Empiricism, objectivity, and control3. Unintended consequencesa. Latent functions4. 2 categories of index offensesa. Violent and property offenses5. The 4 property index crimesa. Burglary, larceny, auto theft, arson6. Defining an abstract concept so it can be measureda. Operationalization7. The definition of conformitya. Adherence to social norms8. The definition of crimea. Violation of a criminal law9. Difference between reliability and validitya. Validity = accuracy, reliability = consistency10. Official crime measure designed to replace UCRa. NIBRS11. Research method Black (1970) useda. Fieldwork/observation12. Taps into the dark figure of crimea. NCVS13. Has the Hierarchy Rulea. UCR14. The 4 violent index crimesa. Murder, rape, robbery, and assault15. Measures all agesa. UCR16. Adherence to social normsa. Conformity17. An example of deviance, not crimea. Standing backwards in an elevator, staring, speeding (5 miles over)18. According to Black (1970), a report is more likely whena. More serious crime, victim preference, strangers, polite, higher SES19. Occurs when respondents report crimes that occurred prior to time period ofstudya. Telescoping20. Does not measure murdera. NCVS21. 3 crime measurementsa. Official data, victimization data, self-report data22. Distinguishes science from other ways of knowinga. Scientific method23. The agency that publishes the UCRa. The FBI24. The difference between formal and informal deviancea. Formal = crime violation, informal = norm violation25. Measures crime known to policea. UCR26. A person who studies crime and criminal behaviora. Criminologist27. Definition of deviancea. A norm violation28. The main source of official crime dataa. UCR29. Walter Wallace’s (1971) 4 “Ways of Knowing”a. Authoritarian, mystical, logical, scientific30. How a crime rate is calculateda. Accounts for population31. Type of research where we convert info into numbersa. Quantitative32. Social class most likely to be victimizeda. Poor/lower class33. Crimes unknown to policea. Dark figure of crime34. If we wanted to learn about many people at once, we would use this designa. Survey35. Sampling procedure used by Jacobs to obtain his sample of crack dealersa. Snowball sampling36. T/F: decision to commit crime usually originates in a group settinga. TRUE37. (UCR) term meaning offender is known or arrest has been madea. Clearance38. Criminals working together is called thisa. Co-offending39. T/F: criminal decision-making is often influenced by offender’s chaotic lifestylea. TRUE40. If we wanted to research people in their natural setting, we would usea. Observational study/fieldwork41. Crime trend described by age-crime curvea. Increases during teen years and decreases in early 20s42. Views criminal law as arising from conflict of interests of different groupsa. Conflict model43. To examine whether something works, we would use this type of research designa. Experiment44. Translated to mean “guilty mind” and “bad act”a. Mens rea and actus rea45. Best demographic predictor of offendinga. Gender46. Criminals’ decisions based on weighing rewards against costs is called thisa. Rational choice47. T/F: most crimes are well thought out and planned in advancea.
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