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| crime that occurs when a motivated offender finds a suitable target in the absence of suitable guardianship |
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| is behaviour that violates the criminal law and is punishable by fine, jail term, or other negative sanctions |
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| Summary convicton offenses |
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| relatively minor crimes that are punishable by a fine or less that a year in jail |
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| more serious crimes, such as murder or aggravated assault, that are punishable by more than a year of imprisonment |
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| consists of actions involving force or the threat of force against others, and includes homicide, attempted homicide, the three levels of assault, and sexual assault, robbery, and other violent offences like criminal negligence involving death. |
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| unlawful, intentional killing of one person by another |
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| killing of 4 or more people at one time and in one place by the same person |
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| the killing of three or more people over more than a month by the same person |
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| act of violence in where sex is used as a weapon against a powerless victim |
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| crimes motivated by hatred about certain characteristics of the victim. (Ex: national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, gender, age, mental physical disabilities ect) |
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| is taking of money or property from another without force or the threat of force, or destruction of property. |
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| is taking of money or property from another without force or the threat of force, or destruction of property. |
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| Occupational (white-collar) crime |
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| refers to illegal activities committed by people in the course of their employment or normal business activity |
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| illegal acts committed by corporate employees on behalf of the corporation and with it's support |
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| illegal acts committed by corporate employees on behalf of the corporation and with it's support |
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| violation of law of young people from age 12-17 |
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| states that people feel strain when they are exposed to cultural goals that they cannot reach because they do not have access to a culturally approved means of achieving those goals |
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| table 9.3 p.213. Conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism, rebellion |
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| Best known control theory. The proposition that criminal behaviour is most likely to occur when a persons ties to society are weakened or broken |
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| Subculture of violence hypothesis |
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| view that violence is part of the normative expectations governing everyday behaviour among young males in the lower classes. |
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| Differential Association Theory |
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| states that individuals have a greater tendency to deviate from societal norms when the frequently associate with people who tend toward deviance rather than conformity |
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| according to this theory, delinquents and criminals are people who have been successfully labelled as such by others. |
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| the initial act of rule breaking in which the individual does not internalize the delinquent or criminal self-concept |
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| occurs when a person who has been labelled a deviant accepts that new identity and continues with deviant behaviour |
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| the converting of criminal behaviour to to a medical condition or disease. |
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| the network of organizations including the police, courts, criminal prosecutions and corrections, involved in law enforcement and the administration of justice. |
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| process whereby the Crown attorney negotiates with a defence attorney for a guilty plea for a less serious crime |
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