What are the similarities and differences between criminology and victimology?
What will be an ideal response?
In criminology, one studies criminals—what they do, why they do it, and how the criminal justice system responds to them. In victimology, one studies crime victims—the causes of victimization, consequences of victimization, and how the criminal justice system deals with victims. Additionally, victimologists explore how others, including the media, also deal with crime victims. Both fields of study use the scientific method to explore their groups and neither would be able to fully understand itself without considering the impact of the other. Victimology is considered a subfield of criminology.
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Both Aristole and MacIntyre (1984) have linked ______ to particular forms of life.
a. virtue b. happiness c. families d. communities
Post-incarceration diversion does not allow for an offender to enter a treatment program after conviction
a. True b. False
Which statement about police operations best exemplifies community-oriented policing?
A) ?A sting operation in which officers pose as fences for stolen property. B) ?Creation of a well-armed SWAT team trained in hostage negotiation. C) ?Computerized data terminals installed on the dashes of all patrol cars. D) ?The hiring of bilingual officers to patrol ethnic neighborhoods. E) ?Withdrawing from the community so as not to incite fear.
Agnew suggests that criminality is the direct result of __________, which refers to the anger, frustration, and adverse emotions associated with destructive social relationships
a. siege mentality b. negative affective states c. relative deprivation d. focal concerns