Exam 2: Defining and Analyzing Crime

The __________ is an annual compilation by the FBI of all crimes reported to the police in the United States.

What are sanctions? How are they used by the criminal justice system?

__________ is the theory that sees criminal events as the result of a combination of a motivated offender,a suitable target,and the absence of a capable guardian to intervene.

__________ involves analysis of criminal incidents to isolate the precise characteristics of offenders,victims,and situations in order to better understand and prevent crime.

Mala prohibita offenses are acts that are considered evil in themselves (e.g. ,assault and theft).

Crimes against __________ are violent crimes involving the use of physical force.

__________ involve an examination of the circumstances surrounding criminal incidents in a search for patterns associated with criminal offending.

Crimes in which property is taken unlawfully and misused are considered to be __________.

The __________ view sees crime as a moral failure in decision making.Simply stated,crime occurs when a person fails to choose the proper course of conduct;and this bad choice results from failure to appreciate an act's wrongfulness,rather than from lack of concern about being caught,as the classicists suggest.

According to your textbook author,"each individual's personal risk of being the victim varies, depending on the population of potential victims".Please explain (1)how so,and (2)why.

'Deviance' refers to the violation of a social norm.

The formation of the Drug Enforcement Administration as well as the creation of the position of 'drug czar' to head the Office of National Drug Policy has:

The term 'legalization' refers to blurring the distinction between crime and merely inappropriate or offensive behaviors.

An individual's attachment to society,including attachment to others,commitment to conventional activities,involvement in those activities,and belief in widely shared moral values is called (a)__________.

When does deviant behavior become criminal behavior?

'Political crimes' are acts viewed as a threat to the government.

__________ is the view that behavior results from habits of thought and interpretations of reality.

Different forms of deviance that result when youths cease to adhere to middle-class standards and become part of the adult criminal,conflict,or retreatist subculture.

Your textbook author states that "there is a middle ground where the line between thinking and acting becomes thin".What do you think this means? What examples of this 'middle ground' might you give?

__________ is a view that adjudicating a juvenile as a delinquent encourages future delinquency through a negative public identity or changed self-image.