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serial murder
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the killing of several victims in three or more seperate incidents over weeks,months, or even years
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mass murder
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the killing of four or more victims at one location on a single occasion.
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spree murder
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one who kills at two or more locations with almost no time between the murders
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what precipitates most murders?
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Victims usually contribute to the murderer wanting to commit the crime. sometimes the victim actually threatens the murderer first.
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victim precipitation
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present in incidents in which the victim initiated the altercation by being the first to use or threaten violence.
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types of violent offenders
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1.live in a subculture where violence is an acceptable problem-solving mechanism.
2.mental illness characterizes pathologically violent offenders 3.situational violent offenders. situation that gets out of hand. acts are sometimes called "crimes of passion". |
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which crime has highest rate of clearance by arrest?
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homicide
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why rape statistics show rates went up in the 1970's?
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not actually increase in number of rapes but a growth in the willingness to report such crimes.
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types of rapists
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date, gang,statutory, acquantance
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name of law requiring notification of sex offenders' release
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megan's law
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what are most violent incidents in the work place?
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most violent, homicide;most common, simple assault.
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conklins types of robbers
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professional,opportunist, addict, muggers.
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characteristics of school shooters
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they talk about their plans, make plans, easy access to guns, bully victim, encouraged by others.
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which crime makes up the largest category of UCR?
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larceny-theft
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what concept was developed by Wolfgang and Ferracuti?
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culture within a culture that exists amoung some ethnic and lower-class groups and deems violence as an acceptable way of resolving interpersonal grievances.
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types of shoplifters
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heels(professional), shadow(semi-professional), and snitches(amateurs).
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types of vandalism
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wanton, destructive acts that have no monetary gain.
predatory, destructive acts for gains such as candy in vending machine vindictive, act of hatred, usually racial. |
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types of arson
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profit-motivated, structures burned to collect on insurance.
revenge, in spite or jealousy. excitement, carried out by pyromaniacs. |
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types of fences
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professional, full time specialist in stolen property; amateur, neighborhood, not big.
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reasons for motor vehicle theft
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Joyriding, short-term,long-term, & profit motivated.
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confidence(con) games
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rely on winning the confidence of victim to steal from him or her.
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which theory is particularly useful for explaining shoplifting and theft?
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Routine Activities theory
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occasional vs. conventional vs. professional property criminals
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occasional, sometimes source of income, career in crime is short, low skill, no plan.
professional, total source of income, lifelong career, highly skilled, lots of planning. |
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roles/types of professional burglars
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professional, highly skilled and all of income.
known, source of income but less skilled and police know him. young, late teens and on their way to becoming professional or known. juvenile, under 16 and only local stealing. junkies, opportunists and least skilled. |
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pyramid scheme
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letter that asks somebody to send you money and send the same letter to 4 other people asking the same.
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Ponzi scheme
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pays off early investors with money obtained from later investors.
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chiseling
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Using illegal means to cheat on a organization, its consumers, or both on a regular basis
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securities fraud
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a practice that induces investors to make purchase or sale decisions on the basis of false information, frequently resulting in losses, in violation of the securities laws.
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types of white collar crime
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embezzlement, medicine, finance,law, stockbrokers, corporate crime, price fixing, unsafe products,enviornmental,industrialespionage.
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what is Edelhertz's typology?
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white collar crime as a business or as the central activity.
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elite deviance vs white collar crime
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more large scale, international, where as white collar is not as large, the biggest would be a big company in the u.s.
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embezzlement
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theft from an employer by an individual who has reached a position of financial trust.
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sweetheart contract
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is a contract made through collusion between management and labor representatives which contains terms beneficial to management and unfavorable to union workers.
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corporate dumping
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where corporations sell overseas products that have been deemed unsafe in the U.S.
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pump and dumping
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artificially inflating the price of an owned stock through false and misleading positive statements, in order to sell the cheaply purchased stock at a higher price
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big dirty secret
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judges and government agencies are soft on corporate crime.
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which law forbids monopolies?
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antitrust law
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