Characteristics of Crime and Criminals

Is androcentric bias the charge that criminology has reflected a male-centered bias?

The group of offenders whose offending does not decrease over time is referred to as?

_____ is defined as the trend that poverty increasingly takes place within female-headed households.

Androcentric bias is female-centered.

_____ is defined as crimes in which criminals imitate crimes that were previously publicized.

Fads in crime that are often simulated by media portrayals or depictions are referred to as ______.

_____ is the belief that the observation of media violence serves as an emotional release and lessens violence.

Cross-cultural comparisons of crime statistics are difficult owing to the different definitions of crime across societies.

______ describes a discriminatory practice by some police departments of stopping and searching a disproportionate number of minorities.

_____ is known as most crime is committed by males historically and internationally with the exception of prostitution.

Crime that violates the laws of several international sovereignties or impacts sovereignty is ______.

_____ is defined as socioeconomic status is measured using income, education, and occupation.

Is institutions organizations that serve a broad range of interests in society, such as the family?

Which of the following is not a difficulty in comparing crime across countries?

_____ is known as crime is highest in urban areas and lowest in rural areas.

_____ is known as in the post–World War II period, crime had declined until the mid-1960s, when it exploded. The crime dip began in the United States in 1992.

According to the authors, ______ is the best universal predictor of criminality.

The peak arrest age for crime is between 16 and 18 years (for property and violent crimes, respectively).

Formal education and criminal behavior and/or arrest rates have an inverse relationship. This means that as the amount of formal education increases, the crime rate ______.