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Crim 102 midterm 1 Exam with complete solutions 2024_2025.
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Crim 102 midterm 1 Exam with completesolutions 2024/2025
What is the definition of or criminal behaviour - ANSWER-Actions that have been
sanctioned by government and are punishable by law, usually under some
criminal code
What is the definition of moral criminal behaviour - ANSWER-Acts that violate
norms of religion, and morality punishable by God, spirits and karma
What is the definition social criminal behaviour - ANSWER-Violating traditional
ways of society, punished by society which could include ignoring
What is the definition of psychological criminal behaviour - ANSWER-Actions that
are rewarding to the actor (person doing the action) but cause some sort of pain
or loss to someone else. Also called antisocial behaviour
What is the problem with the definition of criminal behaviour? - ANSWER-There is
no perfect definition that can describe criminal behaviour
What is deviant behavior/problem behaviour? - ANSWER-Any behaviour that puts
someone in the way of a figure of control or assistance
Criminal behaviour - ANSWER-Refers to antisocial acts that place the actor at risk
of becoming a focus of the attention of criminal justice professionals within the
juvenile and or adult justice systems (criminal behaviour refers to intentional
criminal behaviours or intention of wrongdoing
Actus Reus and Mens Rea - ANSWER-Actus Reus: guilty act. Mens Rea: guilty
mind. Most crimes in Canada require both
, Criminology - ANSWER-scientific study of crimes and criminals
The study by Charles and vincient shows higher mating effort is associated with -
ANSWER-Delinquency (fast life history strategy)
To conclude that behaviour is morally acceptable because it may have been
adaptive in an ancestral environment is to commit the? - ANSWER-Naturalistic
fallacy
Explain the evolutionary perspective of rape - ANSWER-Women have a much
higher minimum parental investment then men, that makes them a lot more
choosier then men (female choice) which means that some men don't get chosen
they have low mate value casing them to adopt a forced sex strategy which may
have evolved because it may have been an effective strategy for men with low
mate value to circumvent female choice
What evidence support the evolutionary perspective of rape - ANSWER-
Orangutans with low mate value (smaller and faster) are the ones that rape as a
conditional strategy to reproduce, evidence in humans is low human economic
status and low facial symmetry aswell at the older brother effect
Older brother effect - ANSWER-The amount of older brothers you have makes
you more likely to rape the more you have the more you are likely to rape
because they take up your resources
Why is rape more common during war - ANSWER-The cost of engaging in that
strategy are far lower even men with high mate value partake
Which of the following predictions is not made by the evolutionary perspective of
rape - ANSWER-The prepators of rape are more likely to not have any siblings
The evolutionary perspective of rape argues that rape is about dominance and
control not sex t/f - ANSWER-False this is a feminist perspective it is actually all
about sex
Psychological rape mechanism developed in men (3) - ANSWER-War times, fear
of infidelity and
Do men who rape with low mate value have access to sex - ANSWER-Yes but they
do not want to have sex with the people they have access to
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