Criminology Chapter 1

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  1. 2. Type of theory is one that attempts to explain all or most types of criminal behavior through one basic overarching approach
  2. 7. perspective emphasizes agreement among members of society as to what behaviors should be considered criminal
  3. 9. an important feature because the FBI will use the system to collect detailed data on the circumstances surrounding each serious criminal incident
  4. 11. Evidence-based criminology is an increasingly popular form of contemporary
  5. 13. The type of behavior that is human activity violating social norms or what is socially acceptable
  6. 14. type of criminology that attempts to develop explanations for criminal behavior
  7. 16. Not all deviant behavior is _______
  8. 17. interviewers ask questions about crimes that affected household members over the past 6 months
  9. 18. violations of the criminal law and other misbehavior committed by young people
  10. 20. perspective suggests that societies are diverse and behaviors become criminalized through a political process involving considerable debate
  11. 21. someone who studies crime, criminals, and criminal behavior
  12. 22. Type of theories do not attempt to explain all criminality but attempt to merge concepts drawn from different sources
  13. 23. type of policy needs to be linked to the objective findings of well-conducted criminological research
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  1. 1. every crime has a unique set of causes, _____, and participants
  2. 3. Not all criminal behavior is ______
  3. 4. Type of crime that is considered the dark figure of crime
  4. 5. Criminal justice professionals include police and correctional officers, probation and parole officers, and ______
  5. 6. a reporting program – only crimes reported to the police are included in the statistics compiled by the program
  6. 8. Type of theories suggest only once source for all serious deviant and criminal behavior
  7. 10. human conduct that violates the criminal laws of a state,the federal government, or a local jurisdiction that has the power to make and enforce the laws
  8. 12. a perspective that recognizes that laws are social products
  9. 15. criminology is a _____ profession built on scientific study of crime and criminal behavior
  10. 16. a specialist in the collection and examination of the physical evidence of crime
  11. 19. that is founded on the ______ method.