SOCL 4461 Chapter : Socl 4461 Ch 10 Notes
Document Summary
Differentiate among the various causes of violent crime. Psychological/biological abnormality: kids who kill may suffer from neurological impairment, low intelligence, or psychotic symptoms. Cultural values: subculture of violence: develop in poor and disorganized neighborhoods: the gang subculture. Incidence of rape, 2014: ucr data, 116,600 rapes or attempted rapes in 2014, rape is under reported, about 2/3 not reported, 26% of the time its strangers, ncvs, 284,300 rape and sexual assaults in 2014. Nature and extent of assault: highest reported violent crime, fbi records 741,000 aggravated assaults, a rate of about 232 per. Assault in the home: child abuse, physical/emotional abuse, trauma, sexual abuse, child or adult, parental abuse, spousal abuse, child abusing parent, can go both ways wife to husband, husband to wife, physical or emotional. Dating violence: 1 in 5 high school girls are victims of abuse from someone they are dating, linked to substance abuse, unsafe sex, eating disorders.
