PSYC 164 Midterm: Psych 164 Midterm Review
Document Summary
Acts that are prohibited, prosecuted, and punished by criminal law; enforced by staff with legitimate power to enforce (i. e. police); defined by legislation (penal codes) Criminal act requires: actus reus - a bad act, mens rea - a guilty mind/intent. Consensus is from durkheim (people share values; crimes shock common conscience/collective morality) Conflict is from marx (people do not share values and are competitive for dominance; law should not define criminality, but harmful behavior should be considered criminal) Total # of crimes, rate of crimes per 100k, % change from past, characteristics of arrestees, only index crimes. Murder, rape, robbery (take property through violence), assault, burglary (breaking & entering with intent to steal), larceny (taking property), auto theft, arson. Breaking and enter with the intent to steal. Relies on subjective respondents who may mis-remember events because of self-implication. People used to think that criminals were evil/possessed. Individuals choose to do crime to obtain benefits.
