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Chapter 8
Crime and Criminal Justice
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Chapter Outline Crime and Deviance Types of Crime Organized Crime and Corporate Crime Race, Class, Gender and Crime The Criminal Justice System: Police,
courts and the Law Terrorism As International Crime: A
Global Perspective
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Crime and Deviance Crime is a type of deviant behavior, but
not all deviant behavior would be called crime.
Deviance becomes crime when it is designated by the institutions of society as violating such a law or laws.
Criminology is the study of crime from a scientific perspective.
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Sociological Theories of Crime
FunctionalistCrime is learned through
social interaction.
Symbolic Interaction
Societies need a certain level of crime to clarify
norms.
Conflict Theory
The lower the social class, the more the individual is
forced into criminality.
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Sociological Theories of Crime
FunctionalistCrime results from social structural strains within
society.
Symbolic Interaction
Labeling criminals tends to reinforce rather than deter
crime.
Conflict Theory
Inequalities in society tends to produce criminal activity.
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Sociological Theories of Crime
FunctionalistCrime may be functional to
society, thus difficult to eradicate.
Symbolic Interaction
Institutions with the power to label produce rather than
lessen crime.
Conflict TheoryReducing social inequalities
will reduce crime.
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Violent Crime in the United States
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Classifications of Crimes
Personal crimes - murder, aggravated assault, rape, robbery
Property crimes - burglary, larceny, auto theft, arson
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Polling Question Have you ever stolen little things worth
between $2 and $50?
A.) Yes
B.) No
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Polling Question Have you ever stolen things worth more
than $50?
A.) Yes
B.) No
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Classifications of Crimes
Victimless crimes - gambling, illegal drug use, prostitution
Hate crimes - assaults and other malicious acts motivated by bias
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White-collar or Elite Crime
Examples: embezzlement, insider trading, tax evasion
In terms of dollars, white-collar crime is much more consequential for society than street crimes.
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Organized Crime Crime committed by organized groups, typically
involving the provision of illegal goods and services to others.
Organized crime syndicates include any group that exercises control over large illegal enterprises, such as the drug trade, illegal gambling, prostitution or weapons smuggling.
These industries are organized in the same kind of hierarchy as legitimate businesses.
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Corporate Crime and Deviance Occurs in the context of a formal organization
or bureaucracy and is sanctioned by the norms and operating principles of the organization.
Can occur within any of organization: corporate, educational, governmental, or religious.
Example: Sexual assault of youths by Catholic priests, and the attempted cover-ups by assigning offending priests to parishes in different towns or states.
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Race, Class, Gender and Crime Certain groups are more likely than others to
commit crime given that crime is linked to patterns of inequality in society.
Sociologist Ramiro Martinez Jr. explored the connection between rates of violence in Latino communities and the degree of inequality in 111 U.S. cities.
His research shows a clear link between likelihood of lethal violence and socioeconomic conditions for Latinos in these different cities.
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Race and Crime Minorities constitute 25% of the
population of the United States but are more than 33% of the people arrested for property crimes and almost 50% of the people arrested for violent crimes.
Sociological research has shown that police discretion is strongly influenced by class and race judgments.
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Victimization by Crime: A Class Phenomenon
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Arrests by Race
Crime White BlackAmerican
Indian
Asian/Pacific
Islander
Murder48.7 48.8 1.0 1.5
Forcible Rape
63.7 34.1 1.1 1.1
Robbery 44.2 53.9 0.6 1.2
Forgery 68.0 30.0 0.6 1.4
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Crime Victimization by Race and Gender
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Factor’s in Increase in Crime By Women1. Changes brought about by the women’s
movement made women more likely to be employed in jobs that present opportunities for crimes such as property theft, embezzlement, and fraud.
2. The images women have of themselves are changing, making new behaviors possible.
3. Women on average remain in disadvantaged low-wage positions in the labor market.
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The Policing of Minorities Minority communities are policed more heavily
than White neighborhoods. Policing in minority communities has a different
effect than in White, middle-class communities. Numerous studies have also documented the
severe treatment that Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and African Americans receive from the police.
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Racial Profiling The use of race alone as the criterion for
deciding whether to stop and detain someone, such as the driver of an automobile, on suspicion of committing a crime.
While the crime rate for Blacks and Hispanics is higher than that of Whites, the majority of Blacks or Hispanics do not commit any crimes.
On a given day, there is roughly a 90% chance that an African American in a car has not committed a crime.
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Race and Sentencing Extensive research finds that once on trial,
minority defendants are found guilty more often than White defendants.
At sentencing, Blacks and Latinos are likely to get longer sentences than Whites for the same crimes.
A study of Hispanic and White judges found that White judges sentence White defendants less severely than Hispanic defendants.
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Race and the Death Penalty Of the over 3500 prisoners currently on Death
Row, 44% are Black. Research shows that when Whites and
minorities commit the same crime against a White victim, minorities are more likely to receive a more severe sentence.
Someone who kills a White person is also three times more likely to get the death penalty than someone who kills an African American, regardless of the race of the perpetrator.
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Prisons More than half of the federal and state
male prisoners in the United States are racial minorities.
Blacks have the highest rates of imprisonment, followed by Hispanics, then Native Americans and Asians.
The United States and Russia have the highest rates of incarceration in the world.
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Ten Leading Nations in Incarceration Rates
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State and Federal Prison Population
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Polling Question Have you ever been arrested?
A.) Yes
B.) No
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Prisons and Deterrence Prisons rarely seem to deter or
rehabilitate offenders. Only 20% who are imprisoned for drug
offenses ever receive drug treatment. The prison experience is poorly suited to
training prisoners in marketable skills or allowing them to repay their debt to society.
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Terrorism Terrorism is a crime that violates both
international and domestic laws. Terrorists crosses national borders and its
understanding requires a global perspective. Terrorism, whether domestic or international, is
best understood not only as individual insanity, but also as a politically, economically, and socially oriented form of violence.
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Quick Quiz
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1. The study of crime from a scientific perspective is called:
a. Criminal justice
b. Criminology
c. Criminal behaviorism
d. Criminal studies
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Answer: b The study of crime from a scientific
perspective is called criminology.
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2. "The lower the social class, the more the individual is forced into criminality." This statement most closely reflects the:
a. evolutionary perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. functionalist perspective
d. symbolic interactionist perspective
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Answer: b "The lower the social class, the more the
individual is forced into criminality." This statement most closely reflects the conflict perspective.
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3. Which of the following is not considered an example of property crimes?
a. arson
b. larceny
c. burglary
d. gambling
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Answer: d Gambling is not considered an example
of property crimes.
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4. __________________ refers to criminal activities by persons of high social status who commit their crimes in the context of their occupation.
a. Property crimes
b. Personal crimes
c. Elite crime
d. Hate crimes
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Answer: c Elite crime refers to criminal activities by
persons of high social status who commit their crimes in the context.