Exam 2: Defining and Analyzing Crime

'Norms' are social expectations about what constitutes appropriate behavior under different circumstances.

Crimes against __________ are crimes in which possessions are taken unlawfully and misused.

The term __________ refers to physical assaults between current or former spouses,boyfriends,or girlfriends.

The term 'negligence' refers to the conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk.

With the __________,a representative sample of the U.S.population is surveyed annually to determine the extent of victimization and the extent to which these incidents were reported to police.

Acts considered undesirable,such as adultery and fornication,prostitution,and gambling are considered to be __________.

The perspective in criminology that sees human behavior as determined by internal and external influences,such as biological,psychological,and/or social factors is called __________.

The term ___________ refers to positivists who see the roots of criminal behavior in biological attributes.

The term __________ refers to the regulation of gun manufacturers,buyers,and sellers in an effort to minimize gun-related crime.

The term __________ refers to the legislative decision to remove a prohibited behavior from the criminal law.

Except for the crime of ___________,males are victimized by violent crimes at a rate almost twice that for women.

The term 'gross negligence' refers to the failure to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk when such failure is a gross deviation from the standard of care a reasonable person would observe.

The proportion of drug offenders in state prisons is approximate ______ percent of all inmates.

The __________is a data collection program designed to gather information on victims,perpetrators,and circumstances of crime.

The ___________ school of thought in criminology is a perspective that sees the criminal law as reflecting the will of those in power,and behaviors that threaten the interests of the powerful are punished most severely.

The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Self-report study investigating the extent of delinquency among young people.

Which of the following crimes involves consensual behaviors that offend powerful groups of society who have succeeded in having their concerns elevated to the level of criminal law?

'Rational choice theories' are those that examine how circumstances affect criminal thinking to explain why offenders commit crimes in some situations but not in others.

The victimization rate for ___________ is the lowest of any racial or ethnic group in the United States.

Crime profiling involves analysis of criminal incidents to isolate the precise characteristics of ___________ in order to better understand and prevent crime.