What is the legalistic definition of crime? correct answers violation of criminal law
What is the moral definition of crime? correct answers an act of immorality or any act that
causes pain & suffering
What is the sociological definition of crime? correct answers crime serves as a function for
society
What is deviance? correct answers violation of social norms
What is delinquency? correct answers crimes committed by "young people"
What are crimes against a person? correct answers assault, homicide, and battery
What are crimes against property? correct answers burglary, embezzlement, motor vehicle theft,
and arson
What are crimes against public order? correct answers disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct,
and jaywalking
What are crimes against the state? correct answers treason and espionage
What are crimes by the state? correct answers genocide, crimes against humanity, political
assassinations, and political repression
What are corporate crimes? correct answers toxic waste dumping, price fixing, and corporate
negligence
, Criminology correct answers the scientific study and understanding of crime and criminal
behavior
Criminal justice correct answers the study of the three major parts of the system
Mala prohibita correct answers acts that are bad because they have been prohibited
Mala in se correct answers acts that are inherently bad
Consensus view of crime correct answers § Crime is functional
§ Agreement between members of society and what is "wrong"
§ Equal application of the law
Conflict view of crime correct answers § The law is a tool of the ruling class
§ Used to protect the status quo
St. Valentine's Day Massacre (February 14th, 1929) correct answers The Saint Valentine's Day
Massacre was the 1929 Valentine's Day murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's
North Side Gang. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park garage on the morning of Valentine's
Day. They were lined up against a wall and shot by four unknown assailants who were dressed
like police officers.
The Holocaust (1941-1945) correct answers The Holocaust was the World War II genocide of the
European Jews. Between 1941 and 1945, across German-occupied Europe, Nazi Germany and
its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews, around two-thirds of Europe's
Jewish population.
The Assassination of JFK (November 1963) correct answers John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th
President of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through