Introduction to Criminology (Soc 1301) Spring 2004 Final Exam Study Guide

Disclaimer: This is meant as a guide, not as sole mechanism for studying for the final exam.
There may be questions on the exam that are not covered in this guide, and things on this guide
that do not appear on the exams. That said, knowing all of this material will greatly improve
your chances of performing well on the final exam. Good luck with this and all of your other
exams, and have a good summer.
Best,
JM.
I. Crime Types

A. White Collar Crime

1. Occupational vs. Organizational
 Examples, types of each
 Ford Pinto Case
 Asbestos case
 Medicare fraud
 “Collective embezzlement”
2. Harm done to society (vs. street crime)
3. Theories that can and cannot explain WCC

B. Political Crime
1. Crimes against the government
2. Crimes by the government
 Types of terrorism
 Civil disobedience (direct and indirect)
 State-Corporate crime (Challenger explosion)

C. Drugs and Crime

1. History/Social Context
 How far does drug use date back in history?
 Why first American Drug laws passed? (Dangerous Classes link)

2. The relationship between drug use and crime

3. Level of illicit drug use (how common for marijuana & other drugs) in U.S.
4. Legalization Debate
 Arguments for and against
 Libertarian argument
5. Drug control strategies (supply vs. demand, specific strategies)

D. Crimes Against Women and Children

1. Levels of rape and domestic assault
2. Sexual symmetry and mainstream theory controversies
3. Sherman experiment and “mandatory arrest” policies
II. The Criminal Justice System
A. Generally
B. Cops
1. History
o Formation of first real police force, early American police…
2. Police personality (what is it, what causes it….research)
3. Police discretion
o Determinates of decision to arrest
C. Courts
1. Basics (Types of courts and their jurisdiction, Supreme Court, etc.)
2. Players in the courtroom (roles, responsibilities)
 Judge
 Prosecutor
 Defense
o Types of defense (public defenders….)
3. Sentencing disparity
 What generates? Attempts to reduce?
4. Plea Bargaining & The Courtroom Workgroup
5. Sentencing structures (indeterminate & determinate) and reasons for both
6. Sentencing guidelines
D. Corrections
1. History/Social Context
 Colonial American punishment
 PN vs. Auburn Debate
2. Community Corrections
 Probation
 Parole (Parole Boards and Parole Supervision)
3. Intermediate Sanctions
 Why emerged in 1980s?
 Goals
 ISP’s, Boot Camps, Electronic Monitoring
o Characteristics (what do they do)
o Effectiveness at diverting from prison, reducing recidivism
o Providing a “continuum of sanctions”
 Residential Community Corrections Centers
4. Institutional Corrections
 Characteristics of prisons and jails
o Who runs each?
 Federal System vs. State
 General idea of how many offenders are on probation, or in secure
facilities in the U.S., incarceration rate in U.S.
o Explaining the increases in incarceration in the U.S.
 General idea of what crimes most are imprisoned for (in both federal and
state systems).
 Inmate culture/code, inmate economy
 Issues regarding female inmates
NAMES EVENTS/PROGRAMS/TERMS

o August Vollmer o The Mann Act

o Edwin Sutherland o The Harrison Act
o Robert Peel o Kansas City Preventative Patrol
Experiment
o James Q. Wilson o Teapot Dome Scandal
o Malcolm Feely o Broken Windows Thesis
o John Augustus o The Exclusionary Rule
o Gresham Sykes o Tuskegee, AL experiment
o Sam Walker o Tennessee v. Garner
o Herbert Packer o Fences
o Tipsters
o Courtroom Workgroup
o Administrative Justice
o Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Prevention
o COINTELPRO
o Net Widening
o Pains of Imprisonment
o Deprivation, Importation models
o Wedding Cake Model
o Due Process and Crime Control Models