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CRIMINOLOGY UNIT 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS [ GRADED +] categories of crimes - White collar crimes, moral crimes, individual crimes, technological crimes, and state crimes What are white collar crimes? - financially motivated nonviolent crime committed by business and government professionals What are moral crimes? - actions that are considered as crimes because they are not accepted by society, but they don't always directly harm people that aren't involved ©morr...

CRIMINOLOGY UNIT 2 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS [ GRADED A+] criminal anthropology - , the study of crime and human physical attributes. Franz Joseph Gull - suggested that a person's skull could predict their criminal tendencies. phrenology - suggested that by seeing or feeling a person's skull, we could have insight into their personality and which characteristics were over or under developed. Cesare Lombroso - He was one of the first criminologists to apply scienti...

CRIMINOLOGY - UNIT 1 - AC1.6 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED. Buy Quality Materials! What is the evaluation criteria for methods of collecting statistics about crime? Reliability, validity, ethics of research, strengths and limitations, purpose of research. What are some strengths of Police Recorded Crime?

A-LEVEL CRIMINOLOGY UNIT 1 AC 1.5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED. Buy Quality Materials! What are the 6 ways that media representations can impact the public's views on crime? 1) moral panic 2) changing public concerns and attitudes 3) perceptions of crime trends 4) stereotyping of criminals 5) levels of response to crime and types of punishments 6) changing priorities and emphasis What is moral panic? this is when the media can exaggerate and even lie about what has happened i...

CRIMINOLOGY UNIT 1 AC1.1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED. Buy Quality Materials! Crime definition breaking the law and as a result be punished by the legal system Deviance definition not illegal but looked down on within society due to social norms of a specific group What are the 5 types of crime? white collar, state, moral, individual, technological What is white collar crime? non violent crime for financial gain

CRIMINOLOGY UNIT 1 AC 1.4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED. Buy Quality Materials! What are the two types of newspapers? Tabloid and Broadsheet What are some key parts of a tabloid newspaper? - High impact headlines - Emotive simple language - Gives opinion and judgement - Large images and fewer words What are some key parts of a broadsheet newspaper? - Factual headlines - Complex and less emotive language - Offers explanation and detail - Smaller images more information

CRIMINOLOGY UNIT 1 AC 1.5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED. Buy Quality Materials! Define moral panic Media exaggerating a problem to make it appear to be a threat to the whole of society. What are three examples of moral panic? Terrorism Muggings Murder Why do the media exaggerate the levels of crime? So the stories catch readers attention and more papers can be sold and more viewers are gained What is a real life example of moral panic? The London riots in 2011 How do the newspa...

CRIMINOLOGY UNIT 1 AC 1.3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED. Buy Quality Materials! What are the three stages that must happen before a crime? The crime must first be observed It must then be reported to the police It must then be recorded by the police What will happen if a crime is not reported? The crime will not be recorded and cannot be investigated Define "police discretion" The police have the ability to exercise police discretion and therefore may not record all crimes ...

CRIMINOLOGY: UNIT 1: AC 1.4QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED. Buy Quality Materials! media representation of crime: newspaper -newspapers focus on sensational stories and treat them as 'infotainment' (cross between factual info and fictional entertainment). -the kinds of crime, criminals and victims shown in news reports are the opposite of those within official crime stats. -one in eight news reports are about crime and almost two thirds of news crime stories feature violence, where...