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Professor’s eyes only…

You may be surprised to learn…

…that over 25% of all undergraduate students do not utilize their required course material.

…student retention is dropping nationwide and while the higher education community has done a remarkable job of opening the doors of college to more and more students, we have not seen equal strides in the number of students who actually complete four-year degrees. (Education Trust, 2004)

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Siegel/Senna

Essentials of Criminal Justice, 5E


This is your required course material

You will need this material for:- tests and quizzes- homework and reading assignments

Some of the reasons why you need to use the new edition…


• This new edition has been thoroughly revised, reorganized, and streamlined. In addition, coverage throughout the book has been simplified to clarify concepts and make the material more approachable for today's student. • A new chapter on terrorism and homeland security (Chapter 4—Contemporary Challenges in Criminal Justice) spotlights these key issues in criminal justice today and also features enhanced, expanded coverage of Cybercrime.

• To help students better organize and understand the material presented in the text, Chapter Objectives have been added to the beginning of each chapter and end-of-chapter Key Terms now include page references. In addition, Chapter Summaries have been thoroughly rewritten to clearly tie them to the Chapter Outline and Chapter Objectives.

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InfoTrac College Edition

• Do your research 24/7!

• Easy access to over 10 million full-text articles

• Nearly 5000 academic journals, magazines, and periodicals.

• Do your research from home, work, or your dorm room!

• InfoTrac can be used for ALL of your courses!

• Includes InfoWrite, a web-based training tool

designed to help you develop your writing skills.

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There are 3 ways to search:

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There is also a Limit Search function, which limits the search

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InfoTrac College Edition, your Online Research and Learning Center,

includes InfoWrite, a web-based training tool designed to help you

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Student Companion Website

Provides you with extensive career profiling information and self-assessment testing, and is designed to help you investigate and focus on the criminal justice career choices that are right for you.ISBN for ordering: 053458571X

CD’s available to bring Criminal Justice to life!

This CD provides you with realistic criminal scenarios. As you walk through each phase of a case, the interactive environment of this CD allows you to participate in the criminal justice process.Ordering ISBN:0534615317

Current Perspectives, Roger MillerIncludes 19 articles on Cyber Crime, a quickly spreading and critical issue facing the Criminal Justice System.

Current Perspectives, Dipak GuptaIncludes 16 articles on Terrorism covering a range of topics including homeland defense, religious politics, strategies for fighting terrorism, the need for terrorism data, and how to create a global perspective on terrorism.

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Chapter 2The Nature of Crime and Victimization

How is Crime Defined?

Consensus View

Crimes are behaviors harmful to a majority of citizens in society.

(social harm)

Society’s social control function is accomplished by prohibiting

these behaviors through the criminal law.

How is Crime Defined? (cont.)

Conflict view

Crime is the outcome of a class struggle between the rich and the

poor.

Groups with political and economic power shape the law to

ensure their continued economic domination of society.

How is Crime Defined? (cont.)

Interactionist View

The law is structured to reflect the preferences and opinions of

people who hold social power in a particular legal jurisdiction.

Moral entrepreneurs wage campaigns to control behaviors they

view as wrong (i.e. abortion) or to legalize behaviors they

consider harmless (i.e. prostitution).

How is Crime Measured?

Record Data

Uniform Crime Reports

Survey Data

National Crime Victimization Survey

Self Report Studies

Alternative Sources

Observation

Interviews

Life Histories

Crime Trends

After reaching their peak in the 1990’s both violent and property

crimes have shown an overall decline.

These declines were evident in both the Uniform Crime Reporting

System and the National Crime Victimization Survey.

Crime Patterns - Offenders

Ecological Differences

Gender

Race

Social Class

Age

Criminal Careers

Crime Patterns – Victims

Gender

Age

Income

Marital Status

Race

Ecological Factors

Victim-Offender Relationships

Repeat Victimization

Causes of Crime and Victimization

Choice Theory: All people of their own free will can choose between

conventional or criminal behaviors.

For some people, criminal solutions are more attractive because

they require less effort for greater gain.

Weigh benefits and consequences of actions.

Punishments threatened by the existing criminal law are the

primary deterrent to crime.

Causes of Crime and Victimization (cont.)

Socio-Biological Theory: Behavior is a function of the interaction of

biochemical, neurological, and genetic factors with environmental

stimulus.

Bio-Chemical Factors

Neurological Problems

Genetic Abnormalities


Psychological Theory: Criminals are driven by unconscious thought

patterns, developed in early childhood, that control behavior.

Psychoanalytic View

Schizophrenia

Conduct Disorders

Social Learning

Psychopathic Personality


Social Structure Theory: A person’s position in the social structure

controls their behavior.

Poverty

Social Disorganization

Strain

Cultural Deviance


Social Process Theory: Interactions with key social institutions –

family, school, peer group – shapes behavior.

Social Learning

Social Control

Social Reaction (labeling)


Conflict Theory: Human behavior is shaped by interpersonal conflict.

Those who maintain power will use it to further their own needs.

Economic and political forces in society as fundamental causes of

criminality

Crimes are defined in a way that meets needs of ruling class


Developmental Theory

People begin relationships and behaviors that will determine their

adult life course, even as toddlers.

Finishing school, entering workforce, getting married and having

children

Disruptions in life’s major transitions can be destructive and

promote criminality

As people mature the factors that influence their behavior

change.

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