Social Disorganization Theory correct answers the theory that crime and deviance are caused by
the absence or breakdown of communal relationships and social institutions
What are the are the break down of traditional institutions of social control correct answers
Families, School Systems, Local Businesses
Factors that lead to crime in neighborhoods correct answers 1) High levels of high school drop
outs 2) Chronic Unemployment 3) Deteriorating buildings and other infrastructure 4)
concentration of single-parent families
Who should you connect with Social Disorganization theory? Who influenced social
disorganization theory? correct answers Shaw+ Mckay
What is Target Hardening? correct answers making an area less attractive to commit a crime
Routine Activities Theory correct answers The view that victimization results from the
interaction of three everyday factors: the availability of suitable targets, the absence of capable
guardians, and the presence of motivated offenders/likely offender
Who should you link the Routine activities theory to? correct answers Cohen Marcus
Offenders attach what to suitable targets? correct answers Value (Higher the value= More likely
to be target and subject of crime)
Repeated Victimization example correct answers Gold watch vs plastic watch. Which is more
likely to be stolen?
, Repeated Victimization correct answers theory that certain people and places are more likely to
be subject to repeated criminal activity and that post victimization is a strong indicator of a future
victimization.
David Kennedy (victim-offender connection) correct answers "The nation that (violent crimes)
are random bolts of lighting, which is the commonly held image, is not the reality at all"
What did Franklin Zimring calls the "usual suspects" of crime fluctuation correct answers 1)
Imprisonment
2) youth pop
3) Economy
What three wrongly predicted crime would skyrocket? correct answers Wilson, DiIulio, Fox
African Americans are how much more likely to be homicide victims than white people? correct
answers 6.3 times more
James Alan Fox criminal activity in US has what? correct answers Plateaued
James Alan Fox quote correct answers "We're Plateaued" "The challenge will be making sure
such crime rates don't go back up"
What are the two explanations for the growing presence of women in CJUS? correct answers 1)
Life circumstances and behavior of women have changed dramatically in the past 40 yrs.
2) The CJUS attitude toward women has changed over that time period.
What is the three parts of the continuum of Rape? correct answers Original(Two types of rape- 1)
virginal 2) The questionable), When a person says "No", Affirmative "Yes"