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| social norms that are enforced through the social forces of the family, school, government, and religion. |
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| The expected normative behavior in a society. |
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| Social norms enforced through the laws of the criminal justice system. |
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| the enforcement by the police, courts, and correctional institutions of obedience to laws |
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| a social system designed to maintain order and regulate interactions |
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| activities of law enforcements that cause conflicts and assist the regulation of day-to-day interactions of citezens |
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| bill of rights (take this time to look over ammendments) |
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| model that depicts justice system as horizonal level connected by verticle poles |
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| model emphasizes fighting crime and protecting potential victims |
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| innocent until proven guilty -- most imp. part of criminal justice model |
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| judge makes verdict not jury |
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Index crimes
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| murder rape robbery assault |
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| burlary theft vehicle theft arson |
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| xyy chromosome theory of violent behavior |
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| the idea that violent behavior in males can in part be attributed to the presence of an extra Y chromosome in male offenders |
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| park and burgess's research that criminal behavior is due to social forces not individual forces |
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| social and enviormental variables effect individual |
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| commit a crime and feel guilty but criminals neutralize the guilt by rationalizing etc |
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| female crime is cause because of inequality to men |
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| people who are more powerful abuse the justice system to take advantage of the less powerful |
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| differential association theory |
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| criminal behavior is rooted in group interactions with peers and rewarding those behaviors |
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| people commit crimes because of uncontrollable internal or external factors that can be observed or measured |
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| failure of humans to develope into modern men and women |
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| the founder of classical school theories |
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| ita. dr. collect data to support criminal behavior is a CHARACTERISTIC of humans that didnt fully develope |
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| behavior is not free will but comes from the subconcious |
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| research into the roles played by genetic and neurophysiological variables in criminal behavior |
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| the study of victims and how they are victimized |
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| theory that victims cause the outcome themselves |
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| routine activitites theory |
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| people want pleasure not pain and will do things for pleasure not pain |
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| try to take someone or something from another person |
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| when a victim feels like they didnt recieve enough attention for the harm they had |
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| database of crimes reported |
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| crimes solved v crimes unsolved |
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| dark figure of crime stats |
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| how many unsolved unreported crimes? police don't know. |
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| acts that are prohibited because they are defined as crimes by the law |
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| unwritten simply understood laws (from time when most people were illerterate) |
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| cant use facts or evidence in court that were unlawfully obtained |
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| the crime itself punished the criminal thus the law doesnt need to |
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| element of crime where you must have malicious intent |
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| intent is not needed in the crime |
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| actions goes beyond thought but doesnt result in a complete crime |
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| get someone else to commit a crime |
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| the killing of another without intent to kill |
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