SOCIOLOGY 341 STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM II (This is a guide) VIOLENT CRIMES: -Different Stages of Criminal Career Identification Commitment Progression Identification w/ crime – similar to secondary deviance. Commitment w/ crime – social role becomes tied to the crime. Progression w/ crime – more you do it‚ more involved you become. -Rape Definitions of rape Statutory rape Forcible rape Similarities between forcible rape and homicide Correlates of rape and sexual assault Reasons
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With reference to various examples‚ discuss how ‘natural’ disasters are socially constructed. While natural disasters such as floods‚ drought and hurricanes are commonly thought to occur due to environmental forces such as weather‚ climate and tectonic movements; a deeper investigation into the ‘disaster’ displays other contributing forces. Human factors have a large‚ if not equal‚ contribution to the occurrance and outcome of such disasters (Pelling‚ 2001). As Pelling (2001) argues‚ there is
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Amy Jones CHD 254 April 26‚ 2011 Excessive Attention Seeking Children who portray this behavior tend to do this because they feel inferior and left out. They also could feel as if they are unable to control their behavior and emotion. So they feel out of control. They act out because they are trying to control things or the people in their lives. Children will try a number of ways to accomplish this and most often they are not good behaviors‚ because let’s face it parents or teachers give
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vengeance for themselves and their families. Analyzing Charles Dicken’s characterization and plot development of the Marquis St. Evrémonde and Madame Defarge in A Tale of Two Cities‚ readers can further understand the notable social commentary of how excessive power is capable of leading to violence and suffering. Although the Marquis St. Evrémonde appears in only three chapters in “Book Two: The Golden Thread”‚ he is critical to understanding the French aristocrats of the 18th century and their role
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information on criminal profiling. Some psychiatrists‚ criminologists‚ and psychologists believe there are specific traits‚ psychological factors that will separate a person from the rest of society. This thesis will explain that criminal profiling will help narrow the list of suspects from rape and homicide by formulating the type of person whom the investigators should be looking for. How long does he or she think criminal profiling has been used in law enforcement? Criminal Profiling
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Rehabilitation vs. Punishment‚ which one is more effective in Juvenile Matters? It has long been debated which method of deterrence works best within the criminal justice system‚ rehabilitation or punishment. In the past‚ the two mechanisms have been used together and separately in both adult and juvenile courts. Both rehabilitation and punishment are similar in their goals and purposes. However‚ the debate between which method is more successful continues year after year. The consensus of
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Criminal Profiling The term “serial killer” was derived from a man named Robert K. Ressler‚ who‚ in the 1970’s deemed this term because of the term the English used; “crimes in a series” and because of the serial films he grew up watching. (Freeman‚ 2007) Prior to the term serial killer‚ people would use the terms‚ mass murders and stranger-on-stranger crime. The definition of a serial killer‚ according to dictionary.com is; “a person who attacks and kills victims one by one in a series
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unjustifiable reason. For example‚ if someone was trying to kill another person‚ the victim has a right to defend himself even if it results in the assaulter’s death. On the other hand it is considered a crime if you kill someone out of anger. To decide on what is or is not a crime there are two common models of how society determines which acts are criminal. The consensus model deals with how the majority of people within a society have the same beliefs and value as to what is
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resources (e.g.‚ money for gas and car payments) and autonomy from parental supervision that enable more unstructured socializing‚ thereby reducing the controlling effect of parental influence. Other main reason is that employment increases delinquent behavior by exposing adolescents to a wider network of peers‚ including delinquent peers. Many have suggested that women’s participation in the labor force has contributed to higher juvenile delinquency rates due to the extensive amount of time and attention
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Critically evaluate the claim that offender profiling is “more of an art than a science”. Criminal profiling attempts to understand the characteristics and personality of an offender and has now gained recognition as a useful investigative tool. To be able to use profiling effectively you must be able to understand the categories of violent and sexual crimes and how they are described within convictions within court. Holmes 1989 stated that profiling is more helpful when there is a sadistic element
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