Soc 225 - EXAM 1 Verified Practice Questions And 100% Correct Answers.

Criminology - correct answer is the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. Crime - correct answer is any human action that violates criminal law. Mens Rea - correct answer The Mental aspect of crime 1. Objective 2. Subjective - Intention/Knowledge -Recklessness - Willful Blindness Actus Rea - correct answer the PHYSICAL ACTION of crime. 1. Conduct 2. circumstances 3. consequences Mens Rea or Criminal Offense - correct answer Crown has to prove that the accused had a guilty mind and was worthy of the blame. Strict Liability or Regulatory - correct answer Crown has to prove that only the accused caused the act to occur. The accused had to defend self by arguing they was NOT negligent and used " Due diligence" - In canada , all are unconstitutional Consensus Crime* Most Imortant - correct answer Are generally agreed to be the most serious by society members. They are characterized by high school social agreement, response and or harm. Example is Premeditated murder. Conflict Crimes * Second Most Important - correct answer members of society disagree about the seriousness of the acts, and/or the law disadvantages a particular group. They have low social agreement, varied social response and varied social harm. Example would be Prostitution. Crime Funnel - correct answer a model indicating that the actual total quantity of crime is much higher than the decreasing proportion that is detected, reported, prosecuted, and punished. The 6 Disciplines of Crimonology - correct answer 1. The Definition of Crime and Criminals 2. The Origins and rule of law 3. The Social Distribution of Crime 4. The Causation of Crime 5. Patterns of Criminal Behaviour 6. Societal Reactions to crime Norms - correct answer established rules of behavior or standards of conduct Crime (Legal Definition) - correct answer A crime is an act that violates the criminal law and is punishable with a jail time, a fine , and or / some other sanction. white collar crime - correct answer crime committed by middle and upper class people in the course of business activities Human Rights - correct answer The minimum conditions required for a person to live a dignified life. Consensus Theory - correct answer Laws represent the agreement of most of the people in society that certain acts should be prohibited by the criminal law Value - correct answer A collective conception of what is considered good, desirable, and proper—or bad, undesirable, and improper—in a culture. Class Conflict Theory - correct answer laws are passed by members of the ruling class in order to maintain their privileged position by keeping the common people under control Terrorism - correct answer The legitimate use of force to achieve a political objective by targeting innocent people. Sutherland - correct answer Focusing only on violations of the criminal law presented a misleading picture of crime. Schwendinger - correct answer Proposed a broader definition of crime. Based on Human rights rather than legal status. Hagan (1985) - correct answer Crime and deviance should be considered as a continuum from most serious to least serious acts based on 3 dimensions: 1. The degree on consensus that an act is wrong 2. The security of society's response to the act 3. The amount of harm caused by the act condemmed - correct answer to be declared wrong or evil Ex: Killing a person on the street randomly is considered condemned. Powers of the state has expanded to include - correct answer tough new laws widespread surveillance ethnic and religious profiling suspects are detained and incarcerated without usual due process (i.e., they have limited rights) Social Definition of Terrorism - correct answer "The deliberate use or the threat to use violence against civilians in order to attain political, ideological, and religious goals" Our behaviour is strongly influenced by - correct answer norms, and in some cases the rules are formalized into laws An Analysis of how people break the rules established in a society is most closely associated with - correct answer The legalistic perspective Which of the following pieces of legislation sets out the majority of criminal offences for canada? - correct answer The criminal code of Canada Sutherland's definition of "White collar" Crime? - correct answer An offence committed by an upper class person in the course of running a legitimate business that results in a cease and desist order Criminal laws are best described as which of the following? - correct answer INFORMAL rules that govern behaviour in a society Folkways (informal) - correct answer Folkways are the customs or conventions of daily life. They are a type of social norm -- expectations for how we act. In sociology, folkways are generally discussed in contrast to mores because they are both types of social norms, though they vary in the degree to which they are enforced.