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CRMJ 201 Test 2 | CRMJ 368 - RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Quizzes of Criminal Justice

Class: CRMJ 368 - RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE; Subject: Criminal Justice; University: Towson University; Term: Spring 2012;

Typology: Quizzes

2011/2012

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TERM 1
Anomie
DEFINITION 1
Emile DurkheimA moral confusion or breakdown in mores or
gap between goals and means in society(only explains low
SES crime)
TERM 2
"Classic" Strain
DEFINITION 2
-Merton-society encourages high material gain to show
success-different combinations of behavior in accpeting or
rejecting the means and goals(officespace)
TERM 3
Institutional Anomie
DEFINITION 3
Messner&Rosenfeld-over emphasis on $ because of the
american dream
TERM 4
General Strain
DEFINITION 4
Agnewstrains leading person to commiting crime:-goals
being blocked-adding neg stimuli-removing positive
stimuliCOPING STRATEGIES: emotional, cognitive,
behavioral(leadstocrime)
TERM 5
Delinquent Boys
DEFINITION 5
Cohenboys go to school and cant compete so they from
gamgs to flip middle class values*agression becomes valued
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Anomie

Emile DurkheimA moral confusion or breakdown in mores or

gap between goals and means in society(only explains low

SES crime)

TERM 2

"Classic" Strain

DEFINITION 2

-Merton-society encourages high material gain to show

success-different combinations of behavior in accpeting or

rejecting the means and goals(officespace)

TERM 3

Institutional Anomie

DEFINITION 3

Messner&Rosenfeld-over emphasis on $ because of the

american dream

TERM 4

General Strain

DEFINITION 4

Agnewstrains leading person to commiting crime:-goals

being blocked-adding neg stimuli-removing positive

stimuliCOPING STRATEGIES: emotional, cognitive,

behavioral(leadstocrime)

TERM 5

Delinquent Boys

DEFINITION 5

Cohenboys go to school and cant compete so they from

gamgs to flip middle class values*agression becomes valued

Differential Opportunity

Cloward &ohlindescrepancy between what they want and

what they can get-gangs to deal with frustration and achieve

goals

TERM 7

Focal Concerns

DEFINITION 7

MillerFateAutonomyTroubleToughnessExcitementStreet

Smarts

TERM 8

Delinquency and Drift

DEFINITION 8

MatzaBoys are still apart of normal society but can driftinto

crime and use techniques to justify their actions:-denial of

victim-denial of responsibility-denial of injury-blaming

authorities-peer pressure

TERM 9

Code of the Street

DEFINITION 9

AndersonLong standing structured

disadvantage(hopelessness and alienation)-oppositional

culture: respect, toughness, physicality-street

families&decent families

TERM 10

Concentric Zone

DEFINITION 10

zone in transition

Social Bonds

Hirschidelinquency happens when a persons bond to society

have been weakened

TERM 17

General Theory of Crime

DEFINITION 17

Gottfredson &HirschiThe way you were parentedhigh or low

level of self control at age 5

TERM 18

Career Criminals

DEFINITION 18

Wolfgangsmall group of chronic offenders responsible for

majority of crime

TERM 19

Dual Taxonomy

DEFINITION 19

Moffit2 types of offenders: LCPs and ALsLCP-life course

persistentAL- adolescence limited

TERM 20

Age-Graded Informal Social Control

DEFINITION 20

Sampson & Laubweaknes of informal control, social bonds

change criminality

Culture Conflict &

Crime

Sellinprimary culture conflict

TERM 22

Unified Conflict

DEFINITION 22

Voldmore successful=less crimemore complex society=

more conflict

TERM 23

Marxist Criminology

DEFINITION 23

Social conditions empowering the wealthy and

disenfranchising less fortunate

TERM 24

1st Labeling

DEFINITION 24

Lemertprimary deviants come from many causesonce caught

labeled as secondary deviant and take on that image

TERM 25

Outsiders

DEFINITION 25

BeckerOnce labeled as deviant, begin to think of self as

deviant-move into deviant groups

murder

intentional killing of another person with malice

TERM 32

serial murder

DEFINITION 32

serveral victims in 3+ incidents over a span of time

TERM 33

mass murder

DEFINITION 33

4+ victims at one place on a single occasion

TERM 34

spree murder

DEFINITION 34

2+ locations iwth almost not time break between murders

TERM 35

Robbery

DEFINITION 35

violently taking of property from a victim by force

larceny

no personal contact

TERM 37

burglary

DEFINITION 37

unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft