SOCL 3510 EXAM 1 UPDATED Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
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SOCL 3510 EXAM 1 UPDATED Actual
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the homicide rate for the US? - CORRECT ANSWER- 4.8 per 100,000 (4.5-5.5)
What percent of crimes are committed by women? - CORRECT ANSWER- 10-11%
What are the four Part I violent crimes? - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. Criminal Homicid...
SOCL 3510 EXAM 1 UPDATED Actual
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the homicide rate for the US? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 4.8 per 100,000 (4.5-5.5)
What percent of crimes are committed by women? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 10-11%
What are the four Part I violent crimes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Criminal Homicide
2. Forcible Rape
3. Aggravated Assault
4. Robbery
What are the four Part I property crimes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Burglary
2. Larceny/Theft
3. Motor Vehicle Theft
4. Arson
What is the difference between 1st degree murder and 2nd degree murder? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 1st Degree involves premeditation and 2nd Degree doesn't
What is the difference between street families and decent families? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Decent Families put a strong emphasis on education and it was their ticket
out of poverty and if they achieved it they could succeed, and Street Families have street
values, this was an opposition to mainstream values and decent values. They were born out of
the despair of inner-city life so was their values
Who has to follow the codes of the street? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Everybody; Both
decent and street families followed the code of the streets, and decent families followed it so
that they could survive. A lot of decent kids developed a tough exterior to make it in the
neighborhood and some would abandon their dreams of doing good in school to survive in
the neighborhood. It focused on honor and respect and it is the most important rule.
,In Merton's Strain Theory, what is an example of a legitimate goal? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- own a home, provide for your family, have a car, and financial success
(American Dream)
In Merton's Strain Theory, what is a legitimate mean of achieving the goals? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- getting an good education, getting a good job, and working hard
What is the overall term for the goals? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- American Dream
What does anomie mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Normlessness
Violence is shaped in large part by several factors, including: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- •
Victim
• Offender
• Relationship between the victim and offender
• Type of violence employed
• Location of the violent act
• Rationale for the violence
_____________ is justified as okay because it is the killing to protect someone - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Capital punishment
Killing someone seems to be okay when: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- • a police officer in
the line of duty
• during war
• capital punishment
any action or structural arrangement (can refer to a group or an organization) that results in
physical or nonphysical harm (emotional and psychological abuse, neglect) to one or more
persons or things (can refers to animals) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Violence
violence as a means to an end; using violence to get or gain something else like robbery -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Instrumental Violence
, the motivation is expressive of some emotional state such as anger or jealousy; violence that
is motivated by anger, jealous, insecurity, or sadness so violence is used to express their
emotions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Expressive Violence
directly victimized by the act - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Direct Victimization
you are not directly harmed by the violent act but you are affected by the violent act like a
child watching his father beat his mother - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Indirect Victimization
FBI collects national data on part 1 and part 2 crimes and the part 1 crimes are broken down
into: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Violent or Personal Crimes
2. Property Crimes
Killing of one human being by another human being. The person has to be human and the
offender also has to be human. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Criminal Homicide
killing one human being by another. Like killing a pregnant woman. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Feticide Laws
malice aforethought (malicious intent to kill someone) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mens
rea
mens rea and premeditation; malice aforethought (malicious intent to kill someone) planning
the killing over time whether short or long period of time. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1st
Degree Murder
mens rea: malice aforethought (malicious intent to kill someone);
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