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Criminal Justice Test 3
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Undergraduate 2
11/20/2008

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Term
Subculture of Exasperation
Definition
Minority experience of powerlessness, alienation, frustation, and anger. Unable to vent to those in power, minorities channel their aggression in exhibitions of toughness against those they interact with on a daily basis.
Term
Decent family
Definition

Composed mainly of the working poor and tend to be better off financially than their street-orientated neighbors.

Parents socialize kids to accept mainstream values of hard work, self-reliance, respect for authority, and self-improvement through education.

Teach children to walk a straight moral line and stay away from danger.

Term
Street Family
Definition

Parents lack effective parenting skills and socialize kids to accept the code of the street.

Lives often disorganized and complicated by problems w. drugs or alcohol or other self-destructive behaviors.

Children left to fend for themselves and "come up hard" on the streets.

Term
Street Crime
Definition

Crimes of violence

Property crime

Drug crimes

Gang crimes

etc

 Primarily committed by the underprivileged and powerless

Term
Movement of manufacturing plants
Definition

Downtown area -> suburbs (caused more crime in those areas)

North -> South and West (entire cities were losing money)

U.S. -> Foreign countries

Term

Change in types of jobs

From ____ to _____ jobs

Definition
From primary to secondary labor market jobs
Term
Primary labor market jobs
Definition

More skilled

Better paying

Secure jobs

ex: Union jobs in manufacturing

Term
Secondary Labor Market
Definition

Less skilled

Poorer paying

Less job security

ex: janitors, maids, dishwashers, migrant farm workers, etc

Term

Issues with the Unemployment and Street Crime

(U-SC)

Definition

-Official unemployment rate: excludes those who are no longer actively seeking employment.

-U-SC relationship may be reciprocal or mutually reinforcing (unemployment -> crime -> unemployment)

-Quality of work, not availability of work may be imp.

-U-SC relationship may vary by type of crime (may be more strongly correlated w. property crime than violent crime)

Term
Is Street Crime a legal crime?
Definition
No.
Term
Minority Group
Definition
A group whose members are singled out by the dominant group(s) in a society for unequal or discriminatory treatment
Term

Problems w. Racial/Ethnic categories

(5)

Definition

-Do not easily lend themselves to biracial or multiracial people

-Collapse together some groups that are quite different culturally (ex: "hispanic" includes Mexicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and ppl from other Spanish-speaking countries)

-Hispanics often "counted" as white in data from criminal justice agencies

-Criminal Justice officials may wrongly classify one based on stereotypes

-"Race" is NOT a biological concept; it is a social category

Term
Who is more likely to use alcohol?
Definition
Whites
Term
Who has the lifetime measure with the highest use for marijuana?
Definition
Whites
Term
History of drug - 1800's
Definition

-Morphine used for soldiers during Civil War

-Cough syrups contained morphine

- marijuana used for migrane headaches, asthma, etc

-cocaine used for treating fatigue and morphine addiction, wine, and coca-cola

Term
Who were the "typical addicts" of drugs before illegalization?
Definition
White, female, middle-class, from the South, approaching middle age.
Term
What was the first drug to be regulated?
Definition
Opium
Term
What drug was used mainly by the Chinese in the 1800's?
Definition
Opium
Term
T/F: Opium smoking was believed to improve one's productivity.
Definition
True
Term
When did San Francisco pass ordinance against opium smoking?
Definition
1875
Term
T/F: Federal gov't outlawed importation by the Chinese before it was outlawed for everyone.
Definition
True
Term
Who was Marijuana used primarily by?
Definition
Mexican immigrants in the U.S.
Term
Marijuana Tax Act
Definition
1937
Term
In 1938 how many of all federal drug convictions involved violation of the MTA?
Definition
1/4
Term
T/F:Cocaine was not included in the Harrison Act of 1914.
Definition
False
Term
T/F: There is evidence that Cocaine was used more by African Americans in the 1900's than whites.
Definition
False
Term
What led to the Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988?
Definition
The 1980's concern over "crack" cocaine surfaces.
Term
Gender
Definition
The social statuses and meanings assigned to women and men
Term
What is meant by "hegemonic masculinity"?
Definition
Dominant masculinity, usually characterized by work
Term
Emphasized femininity
Definition
subordinate to man - he will provide
Term
Masculinity-liberation theory
Definition
Men have more options, why men are more likely to commit crime.
Term
T/F: The early Jews disapproved of prostitution unless it involed a non-Jew
Definition
False. They did NOT dissaprove of prostitution unless it WAS with a non-Jew
Term
Was prostitution in West Africa and Southern India something that took place in a temple by the Ancient inhabitants as a form of worshipping to the gods?
Definition
Yes.
Term
When did prostitution get a negative label?
Definition
Influence of the early Christians
Term
About how many arrests are made for prostitution a year?
Definition
250,000 - 500,000 
Term
What state is prostitution legal?
Definition
Nevada -- but not legal in all counties
Term

Streetwalkers (prostitution)

 

Definition

-Lowest status

-Largest category

-Most visible

-Most likely to be poor/arrested

-Most likely to be a member of a minority group

-Most likely to rob and hurt customers as well as being hurt themselves

Term
Bar Girls (B-Girls)
Definition

-Most common in south, southwest, and midwest

-most look for customers in lower-class taverns

-most are NOT full time prostitutes

-Many come from small towns or rural areas

 

Term
What type of prostitute is more likely to be more professional and be full time?
Definition

Bar Girls (B-Girls)

-The ones that work out of hotel's cocktail lounges

Term
House Prostitute (Brothel)
Definition

-At one time common in large cities

-"madam" is usually a "retired" prostitute

-In areas where it is legal, brothels typically operate during the daytime only.

Term
What made most prostitutes in Nevada require the use of condoms?
Definition
The AIDS scare
Term
What do prostitutes in Nevada require?
Definition

Prostitute ID cards

-fingerprinted

-usually weekly medical checkup

Term
How was rape thought of to be a property crime instead of a personal crime?
Definition
The men/father's of that time were thought to own their wife's/family, so they were their property and had the right to do what ever they wanted with their property. So it became a property crime instead of a violent/personal crime.
Term

Traditional view of rape vs. feminist view

Definition

The women did something to bring it on herself.

Term
About ____ of rapes go unreported.
Definition
70%
Term
What age are most rape victims?
Definition

About 2/3rds of them are between 15-24 yrs old

Term
According to the UCR, what kind of victim-offender relationship was the most common when it came to rape?
Definition
stranger to perpretrator
Term
In real life is it more common that an aquaintance is more likely to commit rape than a stranger?
Definition
Yes.
Term
Why do most rapes go unreported?
Definition
Because most are done by family members or aquantances, so they don't want to report it due to the consequences or because they do know the person and don't want to get them in trouble.
Term
What is the most common season/months for rape?
Definition
Summer: July and August
Term

About how many of the offenders for rape are also involved in other crimes and what kind are they?

 

Definition

About 1/3 to 1/2.

Usually violent crimes or sexual offenses

Term

What does domestic violence entail?

Definition

-Child abuse

-Spouse abuse

-Parent abuse

-Grandparent abuse

Term
Is domestic violence rare?
Definition

No. 

Over half of the households experience domestic violence.

Term

T/F: Physical violence between any other individual occurs more than between family members.

Definition

False.

Physical violence occurs between family members more often than it does between any other individuals.

Term

__% of spouses had attacked their husband/wives

Definition
16%
Term
About ___ of the children had physically attacked a brother/sister.
Definition
2/3
Term
T/F: Wives are more likely to attack husbands.
Definition

False.

Wives and husbands are equally likely to attack each other.

Term
Typical family of domestic violence.
Definition

-Blue-collar

-Low income

-Young families (less than 30 yrs of age)

-unemployed husband
-Large families

-Urban residence

-Minority families

-Little formal education

-No religious affiliation

Term

Why do wives stay with abusive husbands?

(3)

Definition

1) Severity/frequency of violence

2) Amount of violence experienced as a child

3) Level of education/employment status

Term
What percentage of married women have been raped by their husbands?
Definition
9-14%
Term

3 basic types of sexual assault in marriage

Definition

1) Nonbattering Rape (40%)

2) Battering Rape (48%)

3) Perverted Rape (6%)

 

**Statistics based on a representative sample of married women in the Boston area**

Term
Short-term effects of marital rape
Definition

-Anger

-Grief

-Despair

-Sense of shame

-Feeling of "dirtiness"

Term
Long-term effects of marital rape
Definition

-Inability to trust intimate relationships

-Inability to function sexually

Term
Why do some wives remain in marriages after being raped?
Definition

-Afraid to make it on their own

-See themselves as having no skills

-Low self-esteem, etc.

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