Sociology Chapter 10 terms

Robbery in which the victim or victims are people the robber knows.

Rape involving multiple offenders, weapons, and victim injuries.

Either attempted battery or intentionally frightening the victim by word or deed (actual touching is not involved).

Offensive touching, such as slapping, hitting, or punching a victim.

Any physical or emotional trauma to a child for which no reasonable explanation, such as an accident or ordinary disciplinary practices, can be found.

The exploitation of children through rape, incest, and molestation by parents or other adults.

The victim of rape must prove that she in no way encouraged, enticed, or misled the accused rapist.

A rape that involves people who are in some form of courting relationship.

Covert military or paramilitary groups that carry out political assassinations.

Planning a criminal act after careful thought, rather than carrying it out on impulse.

Violence committed by drug users to support their habit.

Murder of a senior citizen.

The life instinct, which drives people toward self-fulfillment and enjoyment.

Acts that vent rage, anger, or frustration.

A killing that accompanies a felony, such as robbery or rape.

Murder of an older child.

Killing a person after premeditation and deliberation.

Fighters who are usually located in rural areas and attack military, police, and government targets in an effort to unseat or replace the existing government.

Violent acts directed toward a particular person or members of a group merely because the targets share a discernible racial, ethnic, religious, or gender characteristic.

Murder of a very young child.

Acts designed to improve the financial or social position of the criminal.

Individuals or groups who confront the existing government for control of all or a portion of its territory, or to force political concessions in sharing political power.

A killing that occurs when a person's acts are negligent and without regard for the harm they may cause others.

Homicide without malice.

The formerly accepted tradition that a legally married husband could not be charged with raping his wife.

The killing of four or more victims by one or a few assailants within a single event.

The unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought.

A pattern of traits and behaviors indicating infatuation and fixation with one's self to the exclusion of all others, along with the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's own gratification, dominance, and ambition.

Not providing a child with the care and shelter to which he or she is entitled.

Considering the criminal act beforehand, which suggests that it was motivated by more than a simple desire to engage in an act of violence.

In such a relationship, violence is the direct consequence of ingesting mood-altering substances.

The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will.

Either nationalists who struggle against a sovereign power that controls the land, or local groups that battle the existing government over issues of ideology and power.

Violent assault by a motorist who loses control while driving.

Taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.

A person's wanton disregard for the victim's life and his or her desire to inflict serious bodily harm on the victim, which results in the victim's death.

A person who kills three or more persons in three or more separate events.

Laws that protect women from being questioned about their sexual history unless such questioning directly bears on the case.

A killer of multiple victims whose murders occur over a relatively short span of time and often follow no discernible pattern.

A course of conduct that is directed at a specific person and involves repeated physical or visual proximity, nonconsensual communication, or verbal, written, or implied threats sufficient to cause fear in a reasonable person.

Sexual relations between an underage minor female and an adult male.

A segment of society in which violence has become legitimized by the custom and norms of that group.

A link between drugs and violence that occurs when drug dealers turn violent in their competition with rival gangs.

Individuals or groups that systematically attack or threaten violence to terrorize individuals, groups, communities, or governments into acceding to the terrorists' political demands.

The death instinct, which impels toward self-destruction.

An act that gives sweeping new powers to domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies in an effort to fight terrorism, to expand the definition of terrorist activities, and to alter sanctions for violent terrorism.

The belief that males must separate their sexual feelings from their need for love, respect, and affection.

A killing committed in the heat of passion or during a sudden quarrel that provoked violence.

Violence such as assault, rape, or murder committed at the workplace.