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Hate Crime
Crime that is motivated by bias (dislike, hatred) against someone's race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or nation of origin. TERM 2
Illegitimate Opportunity Structures
DEFINITION 2 In urban slums: robbery, prostitution, pimping, gambling, etc. TERM 3
Durkheim's 3 Main Functions of Crime:
DEFINITION 3
- Deviance clarifies moral boundaries and norms. 2. Deviance promotes social unity. 3. Deviance promotes social change. TERM 4
Theory of Anomie (Strain Theory)
DEFINITION 4 Anomie: Sense of normlessness (Robert Merchant) Name/Cultural Goal/Institutional Means Conformists/Accept/Accept Innovators/Accept/Reject < deviance Ritualism/Reject/Accept Retreatists/Reject/Reject Rebels/Want new goals/+- TERM 5
White Collar Crime
DEFINITION 5 Term by Edwin Sutherland Crime committed by the rich. Corporate crime is a form of white collar crime. These are crimes committed by executives to benefit their corporation.
Social Conflict Theory
We don't commit crime because: 1. Inner control; Conscious, morales, values, etc. 2. Outer control; polices, neighbors, family, etc. 3. Attachment to Society = less crime. --Involves community involvement. TERM 7
Differential Association Theory
DEFINITION 7 by Edwin Sutherland Who we associate with is important to us. -- Choose friends wisely. Long association with a bad friend will lead you to becoming like them and committing crime. TERM 8
Recidivism
DEFINITION 8 Rearrest rate. 70% TERM 9
Genetic Predisposition
DEFINITION 9 Being born with something, basically TERM 10
Biological Re-surge
DEFINITION 10 Biochemical = Diet Neurological = Genetica, XYY Theory
Death Penalty
Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the killing of a person by judicial process as a punishment for an offense. Race and gender bias Quicker you punish, the better the message TERM 17
Biological Theories
DEFINITION 17 Physical Characteristics --Lombroso --Talks about genetic throbacks --People are not fully evolved.
