Across
- 1. The FBI uniform crime reports reporting scheme, the practice whereby only the most serious offense of several that are committed during a criminal act is reported by the police.
- 9. Explains crime as an outcome of conflicting interests between groups in society.
- 11. Contending that labeling a person as a deviant or criminal makes that person more likely to engage in future criminal behavior.
- 18. Crime reporting system where police describes each offense that occurs during a crime event as well as characteristics of the offender.
- 19. Describes that criminal behavior as a natural outcome of peoples desire to seek pleasure in the absence of effective social controls.
- 20. A random survey of U.S households that measures crimes committed against victims; includes crimes not reported to the police.
Down
- 2. Explains the elements necessary for a crime to occur, as well as the types of controllers who can block criminal opportunities.
- 3. Describes the nature of crime as reported by law enforcement agencies.
- 4. Explains how gender inequality affects female offending and justice system responses to crimes committed by females.
- 5. Framework consisting of a group of territories that propose similar explanations for a particular type of behavior or event.
- 6. Number of reported crimes divided by the population of the jurisdiction, and multiplied by 100,000 persons.
- 7. Approach to crime that is grounded in the concept of rational choice.
- 8. Theory maintaining that crimes will occur if crime opportunities are easy to commit.
- 9. Theory maintaining that neighborhood characteristics, including poverty, racial heterogeneity, break down social controls and lead to criminal behavior.
- 10. Argument that people are most likely to engage in criminal behavior if they (1) have traits associated with crime and (2) are raised in environments conductive to criminal behavior.
- 12. School of thought that argues science can be used to discover the true causes of a crime.
- 13. Asserting that criminal behaviors are learned from associating with others.
- 14. Criminological research that looks at whether adopted children share criminal tendencies with their biological or adoptive parents.
- 15. Perspective indication that people have free will to choose between criminal and lawful behavior.
- 16. So called criminal chromosome.
- 17. Argues criminal behavior is caused by feelings of strain.