SOC 1305 Study Guide - Final Guide: Opiate, Representative Democracy, Endogamy
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Hidden curriculum: unspoken and unofficial norms, behaviors, and values: social mobility. Cultural capital: cultural knowledge that serves as currency that helps to navigate a culture. Criminals could be identified by physical traits: william sheldon. Ectomorph, endomorph, mesomorph: sheldon and eleanor glueck. Powerfully built sons grow up less sensitive toward others: no conclusive evidence linking genetics to criminality. Age: typically offenders are 18-25yrs old, age crime curve: crime rate rises during adolescence and peaks in the. Victims of street crime: men, youth, minority, low income. Most crime statistics come from the uniform crime report (ucr: published by fbi since the 30s, based on info from law enforcement agencies. National crime victimization survey: random survey of over 100,000 households, over 60% of all crimes are not reported to police. Sociology exam 4: direct violence against a person, violent crime: actions involving force, hate crime: a criminal act against a person or property by an offender motivated by racial bias.
