Crime Types and Classifications
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What is the primary characteristic that defines a victimless crime?

  • It involves physical harm to others
  • It is a crime that is committed by a professional criminal
  • It is a type of crime that occurs across national borders
  • It is a willingness to exchange illegal goods and services among consenting adults (correct)
  • What is the term used to describe a person who pursues a life of crime as a career?

  • Career criminal (correct)
  • Organized criminal
  • White-collar criminal
  • Technological criminal
  • Which type of crime involves the use of high technology to carry out illegal activities such as embezzlement?

  • Computer crime (correct)
  • Organized crime
  • White-collar crime
  • Transnational crime
  • What is the term used to describe crimes that target a victim based on their race, religion, or physical appearance?

    <p>Hate crime</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process by which people learn the attitudes, values, and actions appropriate to individuals as members of society?

    <p>Socialization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe a person's typical attitudes, needs, characteristics, and behavior patterns?

    <p>Personality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the distinct identity that sets us apart from others?

    <p>Self</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the eight types of crime tabulated each year by the FBI in the Uniform Crime Reports?

    <p>Index crimes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a crime?

    <p>A violation of criminal law with formal penalties</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of crime involves illegal activities such as gambling and selling illegal drugs?

    <p>Organized Crime</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is socialization a process of?

    <p>Learning attitudes, values, and actions as members of society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the self in terms of psychology?

    <p>The distinct identity that sets us apart from others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe crimes that have actual or potential effects across national borders?

    <p>Transnational Crime</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is personality in terms of psychology?

    <p>A person's typical attitudes, needs, characteristics, and behavior patterns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe a person's mental picture of themselves?

    <p>Self-Image</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of socialization?

    <p>Developing attitudes, values, and actions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of crime involves illegal acts committed in business activities?

    <p>White-Collar and Technology-Based Crime</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the eight types of crime tabulated each year by the FBI in the Uniform Crime Reports?

    <p>Index Crimes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Crime

    • Crime is the violation of criminal law that results in formal penalties by a governmental authority.

    Types of Crime

    • Victimless Crimes: illegal exchange of goods and services among adults, such as prostitution.
    • Professional Crime: committed by a career criminal who pursues crime as a daily occupation.
    • Organized Crime: group activities involving illegal acts, such as gambling and illegal drug trade.
    • White-Collar and Technology-Based Crime: illegal acts committed in business, including computer crime and embezzlement.
    • Hate Crime: targeting victims due to race, religion, disability, or physical appearance.
    • Transnational Crime: crimes with effects across national borders, such as bankruptcy and insurance fraud.
    • Index Crimes: eight types of crime tracked by the FBI, including murder, rape, and burglary.

    Socialization

    • Socialization is the process of learning attitudes, values, and actions appropriate for individuals in society.
    • It is a lifelong process occurring through human interactions.
    • Socialization shapes our self-image and personality.
    • It is essential for transmitting culture from one generation to the next.

    Personality and Self

    • Personality refers to a person's typical attitudes, needs, characteristics, and behavior patterns.
    • Self-Image is an individual's mental picture of themselves.
    • Self is the distinct identity that sets us apart from others, developing and changing throughout life.

    Heredity and Environment

    • Heredity and environment contribute to personality development through interactions with the social environment.
    • Isolation can affect children's communication and thinking skills in the future.

    "I" vs "ME"

    • "I" refers to the subject response of an individual to the attitudes of others.
    • "Me" refers to the self as an object, an organized set of attitudes of others.

    Crime

    • Crime is the violation of criminal law that results in formal penalties by a governmental authority.

    Types of Crime

    • Victimless Crimes: illegal exchange of goods and services among adults, such as prostitution.
    • Professional Crime: committed by a career criminal who pursues crime as a daily occupation.
    • Organized Crime: group activities involving illegal acts, such as gambling and illegal drug trade.
    • White-Collar and Technology-Based Crime: illegal acts committed in business, including computer crime and embezzlement.
    • Hate Crime: targeting victims due to race, religion, disability, or physical appearance.
    • Transnational Crime: crimes with effects across national borders, such as bankruptcy and insurance fraud.
    • Index Crimes: eight types of crime tracked by the FBI, including murder, rape, and burglary.

    Socialization

    • Socialization is the process of learning attitudes, values, and actions appropriate for individuals in society.
    • It is a lifelong process occurring through human interactions.
    • Socialization shapes our self-image and personality.
    • It is essential for transmitting culture from one generation to the next.

    Personality and Self

    • Personality refers to a person's typical attitudes, needs, characteristics, and behavior patterns.
    • Self-Image is an individual's mental picture of themselves.
    • Self is the distinct identity that sets us apart from others, developing and changing throughout life.

    Heredity and Environment

    • Heredity and environment contribute to personality development through interactions with the social environment.
    • Isolation can affect children's communication and thinking skills in the future.

    "I" vs "ME"

    • "I" refers to the subject response of an individual to the attitudes of others.
    • "Me" refers to the self as an object, an organized set of attitudes of others.

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    Explore the different types of crimes, including victimless crimes, professional crime, organized crime, and white-collar crimes, and understand their classifications and characteristics.

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