Ecology of crime - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Sociology 101 Straighterline Exam Questions and Complete Solutions __________ involves aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability, and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure. - Answer: Social statics Herbert Spencer viewed society as a system, having important similarities with - Answer: a biological organism __________ refers to processes of social life that pattern institutional development and have to do with social change. -...

1. What is the system operating in most states that removes juvenile status offenders and delinquents from the jurisdiction of the courts when possible? a. b. c. d. ANSWER: POINTS: REFERENCES: QUESTION TYPE: HAS VARIABLES: LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KEYWORDS: DATE CREATED: DATE MODIFIED: Plea Bargaining Charge Bargaining Diversion Parole 2. What city, in 1985, hosted its first citizen police academy? a. b. c. d. ANSWER: POINTS: REFERENCES: QUESTION TYPE: HAS VARIABLES: LEARNING OBJECTIVE...

Structural approaches introduce to the study of urban crime? Correct Answer-social ecology and environments, the aggregate and collective level (crime rates, NOT individual crime) macro-social factors that explain inter-city variation of crime Correct Answer-income inequality, racial composition, neighbourhood density, high population foundational work Steffensimer and Haynie Correct Answer-same structural factors for men and women, but men experience them more powerfully - joblessness, l...

IOP3703 Exam Memo Part 1 – The competent human being: The latest research shows the importance of developing employees on all levels of the organisation on a continual basis. Human Capacity Development – the focus is on developing behaviour, skills, attitudes and competencies that will enhance the overall quality of a person’s work life. Growth Psychology’s aim is to find and define a healthy personality. They argue that it is necessary for human beings to strive for that a...

Complete Test Bank for Social Science: An Introduction to the Study of Society, 17th Edition by David Colander, Elgin Hunt ; ISBN13: 9781032150741. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 22).....Chapter 1 Social Science and Its Methods; Appendix Historial Roots of Social Science; Chapter 2 Human Origins; Chapter 3 Origins of Western Society; Chapter 4 Society, Culture, and Cultural Change; Chapter 5 Geography, Demography, Ecology, and Society; Chapter 6 Technology and Society; Chapter 7 Psychology...

Bifurcated - Answer-divided into two branches; forked Child Savers - Answer-Nineteenth-century reformers who developed programs for troubled youth and influenced legislation creating the juvenile justice system; today some critics view them as being more concerned with control of the poor than with their welfare. Crime Control Model of Criminal Justice - Answer-An orientation to criminal justice in which the protection of the community and the apprehension of offenders are paramount Cycle ...

Public Health Nursing Exam 1 - Questions, Answers and Rationales What are the critical attributes in the definition of community? a. Families, groups, and health organizations b. Health needs, geographical boundaries, and target population c. People, place, and functions d. Populations and health resources The people are community members or residents; place refers to geographic and time dimensions; and function refers to the aims and activities of the community. A group of nursing students fo...

UCR - Primary source of crime stats in US, which began in 1930s. National police departments report to the FBI. The FBI then voluntarily complies and publishes the data each year. Only includes official crime stats (which entails about half of the crimes committed). Eight types of crime reported. National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) - Supplemental to the UCR. This reporting system is at the incident-level so we have more case details. Ecological Theory - Focus on macro-leve...

Chapter 03 Explaining Crime     
Multiple Choice Questions
  1. Which of the following is a product of the Enlightenment period, or the Age of Reason, a period of history that began in the early 1500s and lasted until the late 1700s? 
A. classical theory
B. biological positivism
C. positivist theory
D. neoclassical theory   
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Level: Basic
Topic: Classical
Topic: Neoclassical Approaches to Explaining Crime
  2. Several modific...

Hagan, Introduction to Criminology 9e Instructor Resource 1. While crime was rising in the 1960s in the United States, crime was decreasing in Japan. This observation is significant because: a. It highlighted the inaccuracy of our statistics on crime, since it is common knowledge that crime rates are consistent across nations. b. It proved beyond a reasonable doubt that American society is particularly prone to criminality. *c. It discredited the assumption that modernization inev...