Criminology Basics

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According to Hegan, crime and deviance should be considered as a continuum based on three dimensions. What are these dimensions?

  • The degree of agreement, the amount of harm caused, the severity of society's response
  • The degree of consensus, the severity of society's response, the amount of harm caused (correct)
  • The severity of society's response, the degree of agreement, the degree of harm caused
  • The degree of harm caused, the severity of society's response, the degree of agreement

What are the four categories of crime and deviance identified by Hegan?

  • Consensus crimes, societal reactions, social deviations, social diversions
  • Consensus crimes, conflict crimes, societal reactions, social diversions
  • Consensus crimes, conflict crimes, social deviations, social diversions (correct)
  • Consensus crimes, conflict crimes, social deviations, societal reactions

What is the legal definition of crime?

  • An act or omission that violates criminal law and is punishable (correct)
  • An act or omission that violates criminal law but is not punishable
  • An act or omission that violates civil law but is not punishable
  • An act or omission that violates civil law and is punishable

What are the five major areas of criminology?

<p>The definition of crime and criminals, the origins and role of the law, the social distribution of crime, patterns of criminal behaviour, societal reactions to crime (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Hegan, crime and deviance should be considered as a ______, based on 3 dimensions: the degree of consensus that an act is wrong, the severity of society's response to the act, the amount of harm caused by the act.

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

Hegan identifies 4 categories of ______ and deviance: Consensus crimes, conflict crimes, social deviations, social diversions.

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

What makes a ______: consensous theory: highest level of agreement. Conflict theory: law is a tool of the ruling class.

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

The discipline of criminology has 5 major areas: The definition of crime and criminals, the origins and role of the law, the social distribution of crime, patterns of criminal behaviour, societal reactions to ______.

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

The ______ definition of crime: a crime is an act or omission that violates criminal law and is punishable. Conduct that is prohibited by law and subject to a sanction.

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

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