CCJS 100 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Sex Offender Registry, Social Disorganization Theory, Inchoate Offense

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 100
• Professor: mehlman

Document Summary

Behavior is controlled by physical, mental, and social factors, not free will. Deterrence theory is based on the concept that, if the consequence of committing a crime outweighs the benefit of the crime itself, the individual will be deterred from committing the crime. Cesar lombroso: not a rational choice, but hereditary instead. Sigmund freud: id: sexual, ego: desire to behavior, The crime of preparing for or seeking to commit another crime. Be able to describe the defense arguments discussed in class. The court held that police may not stop motorists without any reasonable suspicion to suspect crime or illegal activity, to check their driver"s license and auto registration: u. s. v. texas. Issue: whether the district court erred and exacerbated the constitutional difficulties with section 5 of the voting rights act of 1965 by requiring texas to increase the number of majority-minority congressional districts in response to population growth.