Exam 4: Cybercrime, Rational Choice, and Emotions: Punishment and Reduction of Cyberoffending

____________ claimed that rational choice theory disregards the role of emotions in an offender's decision to commit a crime.

________ is the penalty imposed on an individual by the criminal justice system for an offense committed.

For cyberdeterrence to work, three elements are required: severity, swiftness, and certainty of punishment.

Opponents of rational choice theory claim that ________________.

A ______ provides detailed information about who obtained the evidence, when and where the evidence was obtained, how it was obtained, and anyone who accessed the evidence and for what reasons it was accessed.

Letters rogatory are agreements between countries that dictate the type of assistance to be provided by each nation in criminal investigations and requests for extradition of cybercriminals.

Absolute deterrence refers to the ability of the threat of punishment to prevent an individual from engaging in crime.

Neuroscience research has supported that emotions and rational thought are mutually exclusive.

_________ seeks to inflict harm or deprivation on the offender for the harm or deprivation inflicted on the victim.

_________ involves making a clear, cool-headed ends-means calculation after considering all possible courses of action and carefully weighing the pros and cons of each one.

Gary Becker equated crime to an outcome of expected utility theory.

_______ may cause offenders to change their tactics and targets, but not necessarily desist from the illicit activity.

Retribution is justified on the principle of _________.

_______ holds that those who commit offenses deserve punishment and that the amount of punishment should be proportionate to the degree of wrongdoing.

From the perspective of utilitarians, punishment should seek to prevent future harm, which can be accomplished through _____________.

The view of crime as a rational choice is originally attributed to the __________.

Rational choice theory is derived from which theory?

Neuroscience research has supported that an individual influenced by emotion is not capable of rational thought.

_______ focuses on ways to reduce the opportunities for offending.

General deterrence seeks to dissuade a perpetrator of a crime from reoffending in the future.