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Aggravated assault
An attack or attempted attack with a weapon, regardless of injury or one that results in serious injury.
Simple assault
An attack without a weapon resulting in no injury, minor injury, or undetermined injury needing less than 2 days of hospitalization.
Homicide
Directly or indirectly causing death of another human
Murder
A specific legal category of criminal homicide.
Robbery
A violent crime that involves the use of force to obtain goods, often through violence or threat.
Justifiable homicide
Legally acceptable killings that occur in defense of life or property.
Excusable homicides
Accidental or unintentional killings that were not due to negligence.
Criminal homicides
The willful killing of another person.
First-degree murder
A murder that is committed with premeditation and deliberation.
Premeditation
Refers to the knowledge and intention to kill.
Deliberation
Implies that the killing was planned and thought out.
Second-degree murder
A less serious form of murder, as there is no premeditation and the act is more spontaneous.
Felony murder
An unintentional killing that occurs during the commission of a felony.
Manslaughter
Criminal homicides in which the responsibility is less than murder, as premeditation and deliberation are absent and the offender didn't act with malice.
Facilitating hardware
A weapon used to kill.
Symbolic interactionism
The understanding that human behavior occurs in social situations and the meaning attached to those situations is an important element in understanding what takes place.
Instrumental murders
Murders committed for future goals, such as robbery.
Expressive murders
Unplanned acts of anger.
Character contest
A situation in which one or both actors try to establish dominance.
Victim precipitation
The idea that victims sometimes start conflicts that end in their own death.
Confrontational homicides
Altercations that evolve from verbal exchanges into physical violence.
Taylor paradigm
A method of measuring aggression by the extent to which subjects give shocks to planted confederates for wrong answers.
Disinhibiting
The effect of substances that loosen self-restraint.
Addiction
A progressive behavior pattern that has biological, psychological, and sociological components, characterized by attachment and subjective compulsion to use.
Controlled Substance Act
A law that consolidated all previous laws into one designed to control prescription and illicit drugs (1970).
Schedule I substance
Substance that have no accepted medical utility and a high risk for abuse.
Schedule II substance
Substances that have a high risk of abuse but some accepted medical purpose.
Anti-drug act
A law that called for mandatory minimum sentences for the possession and distribution of drugs based on type and weight.
War on drugs
A strategy to increase legal penalties for trafficking and possession of illegal drugs.
Capital punishment
Punishment by death.
General deterrence argument
The argument that someone who is thinking of committing murder will refrain due to fear of the death penalty.
Incapacitation argument
The argument that someone who has committed murder is put to death and therefore prevented from reoffending.
Retribution
The argument that murderers should be executed because they deserve it.
UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting program)
Who collects data on reported aggravated assaults.
Assault
Intentionally causing physical harm or threat to someone, resulting in fear or injury.
Types of robbery
Commercial, street, and drug-related.
Hate crimes
Offenses motivated by race/ethnicity, religion, sex/gender, or sexual orientation.
Serial murderers
Individuals who kill on three or more occasions with a cooling-off period between each killing.
Spree murder
Multiple victims, different locations, and no cooling-off period.
Mass murder
The killing of four or more people in one location at one time.
Role convergence
Adaptation of role of women to more closely resemble that of men
Chivalry hypothesis
The belief that the criminal justice system, which was predominantly male, would treat women more leniently and let them go.
Evil woman syndrome
The phenomenon where women who behave in ways that are considered less "feminine" are more likely to be arrested and judged more harshly.
Endomorph
A body type characterized by a softer, rounder physique with curves.
Mesomorph
A body type characterized by a moderate size and muscular build.
Ectomorph
A body type characterized by a long, lean physique with minimal muscle.
Safety work
The unseen and unacknowledged labor performed by women to avoid, prevent, or manage intrusion, such as altering routes, adjusting appearance, and modifying behavior.
Cyber-misogyny
Diverse forms of gendered hatred, harassment, and abusive behavior directed towards women online, including revenge porn, blackmail, and cyber stalking.
Intersectionality
The recognition of the complexity of women's lives and how they are shaped by gender and other systems of power, such as class and race.
Gender and type of crime committed
women being more likely to be involved in property crimes and men in violent crimes.
Social-psychological explanation
The theory that men commit homicide for control, while women may resort to violence when they feel a loss of control or are driven to the edge.
Changes in female violence
Rates of female violence have not increased, but women are receiving more attention due to increased opportunities outside the home, managing priorities, and financial independence.
Feminist criminology
A perspective that challenges traditional criminological theories by recognizing the socialization of women and the impact of gender inequality on their lives.
Debunking myths about rapists
Rape is a learned behavior driven by anger, power, and sexuality, not sexual desires and needs.
#MeToo movement
A social movement that gained momentum in October 2017, encouraging survivors of sexual harassment and assault to share their stories and raise awareness.
Intergenerational trauma
The effects of trauma that are passed down between generations.
Street culture
Informal rules governing interpersonal public behavior, including violence, in urban areas.
Bridging the cultural divide
A study on criminal law by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, highlighting the differences between the adversarial system in Canada and the restorative justice approach of Indigenous communities.
Indigenous women in Canadian local press
Indigenous women are underreported in mainstream media, while being overrepresented in crime statistics and jails.
MMIWG in Canada
Indigenous women make up a small percentage of the population but account for a disproportionate number of female homicides. Factors such as colonialism, racism, and sexualization contribute to their vulnerability.
Genocide
The deliberate killing of a race, tribe, or population, often motivated by hatred, power, or ideology. Greek genos (means race/tribe) & Latin cide (means killing).
Homicidal triad
Behavioural characteristics, including bed-wetting past an appropriate age, cruelty to animals, and fire setting.
Organized gang
A type of gang where the leader distances themselves from the crimes, operates across criminal and non-criminal entities, and prioritizes business over emotions.
Street gang
A type of gang where the leader may be involved in criminal activities, engages in street-level activities, and is more likely to engage in random acts of violence.
Strain theory
A theory that suggests that individuals engage in criminal behavior when they experience strain or frustration due to the inability to achieve socially accepted goals.
Social learning theory
A theory that posits that individuals learn criminal behavior through observation and imitation of others, as well as through reinforcement and punishment.
Economic deprivation
A factor that can contribute to gang violence, as individuals may turn to criminal activities to gain financial resources and improve their socioeconomic status.
Moral disengagement theory
Explains the psychological process where people justify their participation in criminal activities by mentally disengaging from moral standards and justifying their actions.
Routine activities theory
A theory that suggests that the convergence of motivated offenders, suitable targets, and the absence of capable guardians increases the likelihood of criminal activity.
Group think
A phenomenon where individuals within a group prioritize consensus and conformity over critical thinking and independent decision-making.
Gangs
Groups associated with migration, urbanization, legalization, and poverty, often involved in criminal activities.
Socialization
The process through which individuals learn and internalize the values, norms, and behaviors of their society.
Factors contributing to changing nature of gangs
Selection model, drugs, change in the market, access to guns, and drive-by shootings.
Stranger danger
Public safety concern where victims of sexual assault on college campuses often do not know their assailant.
Panty raids
A practice normalized by university administration where groups storm women's dorms and demand intimate apparel.
Street violence
Violence that occurs in public spaces, often associated with gangs and criminal activities.
Character contest
The first developmental stage of homicidal transactions, where the victim does something offensive to the eventual murderer, leading to a series of interactions.
Hate crimes
Police-reported crimes motivated by race and ethnicity.
Visionary serial killers
Rare serial killers who suffer from psychosis and perceive voices or images commanding them to kill.
Code of the streets
Expectations within a subculture where individuals respond to incidents to avoid disrespect in front of peers.
Colonialism
A system where one group dominates and exploits another, perpetuating broader inequalities.
Mob mentality
A phenomenon where individuals in a group lose their sense of individuality and engage in behaviors they wouldn't do alone.
Bump stocks
allows weapons to fire at the rate of an automatic gun
Phencyclidine (PCP, angel dust)
results in feelings of invulnerability, paranoia and unease which can result in aggression (no evidence to support)
Multicide
killing of more than one person
BTK killer
bind, torture, kill; Dennis Rader, serial killer in Kansas. Killed 10+ over 30 years starting in 1974
Signatures
serial killers leave behind identifiers
Hedonistic lust killer
effort to obtain sexual pleasure from the killing. Derives sexual satisfaction from from killing, having sex with the corpse, or cutting off sex organs
Thrill killer
may get sexual satisfaction from killings, need a live victim for it. Pleasure from torturing, dominating, terrorizing and humiliating
Comfort killer
murder for creature comfort, financial gain
Power/control killers
kill to obtain domination and total control.
Mission killers
mission to rid the world of a group they see as inferior
Self-protection argument
private citizens have weapons in their homes or carry them, they think they’re less likely to be targeted
Defensive gun use
self-protective behaviour with guns
Linkage blindness
Law enforcements inability to link homicides to serial pattern
Defensive localism
protecting your territory, status quo, turf
Selection (kind of person) model
suggests youth are at high risk of delinquency are drawn to and recruited into gangs, this person will display high rates of delinquency before, during and after the gang
Facilitation model
something about the gang fosters the criminal behaviour
Enhancement/mixed model
individuals with elevated criminal propensity select into gangs, which corresponds to greater criminal involvement while in a gang
Social disorganization theory
communities with high population turnover rates, diverse populations, and poverty are most likely to experience high levels of crime