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Criminal Justice 2011

Chapter 10

VIOLENT CRIME: HOMICIDE, ASSAULT,

AND ROBBERY

© 2012 by Pearson Higher Education, IncUpper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 • All Rights Reserved


10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

Be able to define homicide and assault, be familiar with its patterning and social dynamics and recent

trends in U.S. homicide rates, and the major explanations for homicide and aggravated assault.

Be able to define robbery; be familiar with its extent, patterning, and costs; be able to identify the types of robbers; and be familiar with the major explanations

for robbery, and carjackings.

Be familiar with the special topics in violent crime discussed in the text: mass murder and serial killing, workplace violence, hate crime, mass media

and violence, and guns/guns control.

Be familiar with what history tells us about reducing violent crime and with recent suggestions for doing so.

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES



Be able to define homicide and assault, be familiar with its patterning and social dynamics and recent trends in U.S. homicide rates, and the major explanations for homicide and aggravated assault.

Learning ObjectivesAfter this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes

10.1



10.1

Homicide



Patterns of Homicide

10.1


10.1

Rise in rates by

and against young black males

Homicide rates have declined

since early 1990s

Key Point Goes Here

Recent Trends in U.S. Homicide Rates

BUT


10.1

Aggravated Simplevs.



Assault

Stranger

WithinFamilies

IntimatePartner

10.1


Inequality

Gender Differences

Anger/ Despair

Self-Defense/

Retaliation

Social Process Factors

Handgun Ownership

History of Violence

Social Disorganizati

on/Anomie

Explanations for Homicide and Assault

10.1



Be able to define robbery; be familiar with its extent, patterning, and costs; be able to identify the types of robbers; and be familiar with the major explanations for robbery, and carjackings.


10.2


10.2


10.2

Disproportionately committed by men and African AmericansRobbery is more interracial for white victims; intraracial for black victimsBlack males more likely to be robbed than other racesMostly involves strangersMost likely to involve a gun

Extent, Patterning, and Costs of Robbery


10.2

Professional Opportunist Addict Alcoholic


10.2

Urban Neighborhoods

Economic Gain

Key Point Goes Here

Explanations for Robbery

Merton’s Innovatio

nGain

Respect


10.2

Carjacking



Be familiar with the special topics in violent crime discussed in the text.


10.3


10.3

Hate Crime Workplace Violence


Mass Murder

Guns

Serial KillingViolence against Children

Mass Media Violence

Other Violent Crimes

10.3


10.3

122,000 Cases of

Physical Abuse

69,000Cases of

Sexual Abuse

Childhood Abuse Estimates, 2008


10.3

Americans Own More Than 200 Million Firearms, 1/3 of Which Are Handguns


10.3Handgun Control: Efforts to Restrict the Supply and Ownership of Handguns





10.4


10.4

How can we reduce violent crime?


10.4

Address concept of masculinit

y

Reduce discriminati

on

Institute programs

that target causes of

violent crime



10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

Be able to define homicide and assault, be familiar with its patterning and social dynamics and recent

trends in U.S. homicide rates, and the major explanations for homicide and aggravated assault.

Be able to define robbery; be familiar with its extent, patterning, and costs; be able to identify the types of robbers; and be familiar with the major explanations

for robbery, and carjackings.

Be familiar with the special topics in violent crime discussed in the text: mass murder and serial killing, workplace violence, hate crime, mass media

and violence, and guns/guns control.


CHAPTER SUMMARY

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