Midterm Review

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Across
  1. 4. A media frame which generates a narrative that is easily understood by the public and viewed unequivocally as bad
  2. 5. Less serious criminal offences (e.g., theft under $5000), which generally result in a maximum sentence of 6 months imprisonment or a $5000 fine.
  3. 7. A perspective which argues that the identification, coding, and counting of crime is an inherently social process
  4. 9. Acts that are illegal because they are prohibited
  5. 10. Goddard's heredity study of two different family trees, fathered by the same man
  6. 11. Members of society who have wealth, power, and political clout, plus the time and energy to pursue moral crusades
  7. 13. A neurotransmitter related to low self-control and aggressive-impulsive behaviour
  8. 14. A school of thought that argued that people have the capacity to think rationally; contemporary deterrence theory is rooted in this school of thought.
  9. 15. The idea that exposure to media has an effect on behaviour
  10. 17. A principle of sentencing or punishment intended to discourage citizens from offending or reoffending
  11. 18. Degree to which behaviour of MZ and DZ twins is similar
  12. 19. Twins that share 100% of the 1% of DNA that explains variation in characteristics
  13. 20. Refers to crime moving from the real world into cyberspace, which may help to explain why traditional crime rates appear to be going down.
Down
  1. 1. A school of thought that attributed criminal behaviour to biological or psychological factors; often referred to as the Italian school
  2. 2. Criminal intent, or mental culpability, sometimes referred to as the "guilty mind"
  3. 3. A term used in the 19th century to describe individuals with low intelligence or low IQ
  4. 4. Study of the shape and size of the skull as an indication of character and mental abilities
  5. 5. Refers to the notion that improvements in home security devices and motor vehicle anti-theft devices have brought some crime rates down
  6. 6. Variation between the number of crimes that occur and the number of crimes actually reported to the police.
  7. 8. Model of moral panics which argues that small, powerful groups deliberately set out to create moral panics, in order to divert public attention away from truly serious social problems
  8. 12. Literally translated means "you have the body"
  9. 16. Violation of social norms or expectations, rather than a violation of a codified (written) law