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5 Written Questions
5 Matching Questions
- What are life course theories?
- What is the "Dark Figure of Crime"
- What is resource dependence?
- What are labelling theories?
- What is the purpose of procedural criminal law?
- a Theories emphasizing that the causes of criminal behavior are not found in the individual, but in the social process that labels certain acts as deviant or criminal
- b Theories that identify factors affecting the star, duration, nature, and end of criminal behavior over the life of an offender
- c Is a metaphor that emphasizes the dangerous dimension dimension of crimes that are never reported to the police
- d actors in the system must maintain good relationships with officials like legislators, mayors, and city council members in order to get money to fund their agency
- e It specifies the defendants' rights and tells justice system officials how they can investigate and process cases
5 Multiple Choice Questions
- Is a reporting system in which the police describe each offence in a crime incident, together with data describing the offender, victim, and property
- Having factors thought to bring about criminal behavior in an individual
- Police, courts, corrections
- arresting, prosecuting, convicting, and punishing within the framework of the law
- to show that not all cases are treated equally and processed in an identical fashion
5 True/False Questions
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What are the six main types of crime? → Visible crime, occupational crime, organized crime, crimes without victims, political crime, cyber crime
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What is a system? → a mutual transfer of recourses: a balance of benefits and deficits that flow from behaviour bases on decisions about the values and costs of alternatives
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What are potential turning points for criminal careers in life course theories? → Military service, employment, marriage
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What does the Crime Control Model emphasize? → the adversarial process, the rights of defendants, and the formal decision making procedures
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What is meant by "doing justice"? → Is a metaphor that emphasizes the dangerous dimension dimension of crimes that are never reported to the police
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