WJEC Criminology EXAM Questions and Answers| New Update with 100% Correct Answers
criminal behaviour definition - legal definition if a crime breaks the law and is punishable -
we look at both the mens rea (guilty mind) and actus reus (guilty act).
criminal behaviour definition - social definition a label against community/social interaction
and problems.
Court sanctions against criminal behaviour custodial sentences, community sentences, fines,
discharge
Non-court sanctions against criminal behaviour cautions, conditional cautions, penalty
notices
deviant definition norms, values and moral codes
forms of deviance - admired, bad, odd.
Formal sanctions against deviance detention, fines, imprisonment
non-formal sanctions against deviance frowning, ignoring, name calling and grounding
social construction a perception of an individual, group, or idea that is 'constructed' through
cultural or social practice
TIME HOMOSEXUALITY:
- used to be a criminal offence
- was then decriminalised in 1967 the sexual offences act
DOUBLE JEOPRADY:
- Ann ming campaign led to the abolishment of the double jeopardy rule.
, - abolished after 800 years
PLACE SMOKING CANNABIS:
- illegal in England and wales
- people want to decriminalise it for medical purposes
- legal in some states in America
FGM:
- illegal in the UK
- carried out in many parts in Africa, middle east and Asia.
CULTURE HONOUR CRIME:
- deemed as murder in the UK
- seen as an acceptable way to deal with family - middle east/Asia
WITCHCRAFT:
- still practised in some countries = Ghana, India and Saudi Arabia
AGE the age of criminal responsibility in the UK is ten.
canada - 12
china - 16
biological theories genetic - XXY
physiological - Sheldon, Lomrboso, neurochemicals and brain abnormality
genetic theory XXY theory + Jacob et al + twin studies + john wayne
Jacob et al (1965) he found that XXY men were more aggressive and violent compared to
'XY' men.
criminal behaviour definition - legal definition if a crime breaks the law and is punishable -
we look at both the mens rea (guilty mind) and actus reus (guilty act).
criminal behaviour definition - social definition a label against community/social interaction
and problems.
Court sanctions against criminal behaviour custodial sentences, community sentences, fines,
discharge
Non-court sanctions against criminal behaviour cautions, conditional cautions, penalty
notices
deviant definition norms, values and moral codes
forms of deviance - admired, bad, odd.
Formal sanctions against deviance detention, fines, imprisonment
non-formal sanctions against deviance frowning, ignoring, name calling and grounding
social construction a perception of an individual, group, or idea that is 'constructed' through
cultural or social practice
TIME HOMOSEXUALITY:
- used to be a criminal offence
- was then decriminalised in 1967 the sexual offences act
DOUBLE JEOPRADY:
- Ann ming campaign led to the abolishment of the double jeopardy rule.
, - abolished after 800 years
PLACE SMOKING CANNABIS:
- illegal in England and wales
- people want to decriminalise it for medical purposes
- legal in some states in America
FGM:
- illegal in the UK
- carried out in many parts in Africa, middle east and Asia.
CULTURE HONOUR CRIME:
- deemed as murder in the UK
- seen as an acceptable way to deal with family - middle east/Asia
WITCHCRAFT:
- still practised in some countries = Ghana, India and Saudi Arabia
AGE the age of criminal responsibility in the UK is ten.
canada - 12
china - 16
biological theories genetic - XXY
physiological - Sheldon, Lomrboso, neurochemicals and brain abnormality
genetic theory XXY theory + Jacob et al + twin studies + john wayne
Jacob et al (1965) he found that XXY men were more aggressive and violent compared to
'XY' men.
