| A | B |
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| crime | 1.an act committed in violation of a law prohibiting it |
| deviance | The condition of being abnormal |
| criminological theories | attempt to explain why people committ crimes |
| free will idea | assumes that people have the freedom to choose what behaviors they engage in, and that they make those choices based on rational calculations that take into consideration the potential pleasure or pain that the consequences of their actions will entail |
| biological idea | that claims criminal behavior is the result of biological or inborn defects or abnormalities |
| psychological idea | focuses on all of the mental aspects of why someone commits a crime, and associates it with their intelligence, personality, learning, and criminal behavior |
| psychopathy | the term used for a personality disorder characterized by an abnormal lack of empathy combined with strongly amoral conduct but masked by an ability to appear outwardly normal |
| modus operandi | : a method of procedure; especially : a distinct pattern or method of operation that indicates or suggests the work of a single criminal in more than one crime |
| social theory | look for elements in social structure and processes that create motivation and provide the opportunity to commit crimes |
| torts | is an act that injures someone in some way, and for which the injured person may sue the wrongdoer for damages |
| felonies | serios crimes punishable by a year or more in jail |
| mens rea | guilty mind |
| duress | defendants argue that they should not be held liable because the actions that broke the law were only performed because of extreme unlawful pressure |
| entrapment | a law enforcement agent inducing a person to commit an offense that the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit. |
| insanity | a major mental illness used as a defense in criminal cases |
| hazing | is a term used to describe various ritual and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group. |
| violations | minor offenses that are normally subject to only fines |
| insanity | defense raised by a defendant stating a mental disease or defect |
| infancy | legal status of a person not legally responsible for his/her crimes because of age |
| intoxication | drunk |
| entrapment | a law enforcement agent inducing a person to commit an offense that the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit |
| duress | coerced by force |
| necessity | actions necessary to avoid greater harm |
