SOC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Plea Bargain, Hate Crime, Corporate Crime

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1200
• Professor: Susan Miller

Document Summary

White-collar crime: crime committed by persons of high social position in the course of their occupation. Corporate crime: the illegal action of a corporation or people acting on its behalf. Organized crime: a business that supplies illegal goods or services. Hate crime: a criminal act against a person or a person"s property by an offender motivated by racial or other bias. Violent crimes: crimes against people that involve violence or the threat of violence property crimes: crimes that involve theft of property belonging to others. Victimless crimes: violations of law in which there are no really apparent victims. Plea bargain: a legal negotiation in which the prosecution reduces a defendant"s charge in exchange for a guilty plea. Criminal recidivism: subsequent offences by people previously convicted of crime. Community-based corrections: correctional programs operating within society at large rather than behind prison walls.