Midterm 3
Social Problems
Study guide - Chapter 13. Crime
1. Know the types of violent crimes
2. The majority of crime behavior is perpetrated between what ages?
3. Know about the demographics of criminal behavior
4. What percentage of those in state and federal prisons are men?
5. Of the people arrested in the United States, what percent are African Americans?
6. David Cole, in his book No Equal Justice, found what?
7. Compare the homicide rate in the US with other countries
8. Stanton Samenow says criminals are liable to do what?
9. The American Psychiatric Association claims that criminals are what?
10. According to anomie theory, why do people commit crimes?
11. According to conflict theory, why do people commit crimes?
12. According to Gottfredson and Hirschi, why do people commit crimes?
13. According to Travis Hirschi, what are the four social bonds that affect personal restraint?
14. The Dutch criminologist Willem Bonger believes that capitalism causes crime because it encourages people to be what?
15. Jeffrey Reiman argues that in capitalism, the rich are what?
16. According to Robert Agnew, what are the three sources of strain?
17. Know the sociological theories of criminal behavior