Exam 5: Crime and Violence

Environmental crimes,illegal credit card manipulations,insider trading in financial institutions,bribery of public officials,and computer crimes are all examples of ____________ crime.

Which of the following factors has been determined to be MOST highly correlated with criminal behavior?

The National Crime Victimization Survey is __________.

According to the text,two approaches would probably deter much occupational crime.They are __________.

In a 1990 study of the juvenile justice system and rehabilitation,sociologist Mark Jacobs found that professionals in the system feel they must __________ in order to make it rehabilitate rather than do further harm to juvenile offenders and young people in need of supervision.

Which of the following is NOT,in Walter Miller's view,a lower-class focal concern?

__________ commit unsophisticated forms of theft without a high level of skill as criminals.These individuals do not associate with habitual lawbreakers and often do not consider t themselves to be criminals.

Many states are experimenting with programs in which youthful offenders can attend school or job training while in prison or in lieu of prison.Programs like these are controversial because __________.

__________ crime reports are conducted by the Census Bureau,based on a representative sample of people who are asked whether they have been the object of criminal activity.

__________ is community supervision of persons who have been released from prison.

Define and discuss the major patterns of occupational (white-collar)crime in the United States.Why do Americans respond to occupational crime the way we do?

Walter Miller's view of delinquency is that delinquent boys are __________.

__________ is the capacity of a social group,which could be an entire society,to regulate itself according to a set of "higher moral principles beyond those of self interest."

Edwin H.Sutherland's theory of __________ asserts that occupational criminality,like other forms of systematic criminal behavior,is learned through frequent direct or indirect relationships with people who are already engaging in such behavior.

Safecrackers,con-artists,and counterfeiters who skillfully dedicate themselves to a life of crime and are seldom caught and punished because of the skill at avoiding arrest are __________ criminals.

The text points out that a good example of the move toward international cooperation in enforcing the rule of law is the global movement among world leaders to combat __________.

A 2008 Gallup Poll shows that __________ percent of Americans continue to support strict gun control measures.

_________,the feeling of being adrift that arises from the disparity between goals and means,may vary with nationality,ethnic background,bias,religion,and other social characteristics.

About__________ percent of murder victims were related to or acquainted with their assailants.

According to the __________,which is published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),there was a decrease of ______ percent in the number of violent crimes.