Ch. 10 Violent Crime

Criminology: violent crime

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Expressive violence
Acts that vent rage, anger, or frsutration
Instrumental violence
Acts designed to improve the financial or social position of the criminal
Eros
The life instinct, which drives people toward self-fulfillment and enjoyment
Thanatos
The death instinct, whcih impels toward self-destruction
Psychopharmacological relationship
In such a relationship, violence is the direct consequence of ingesting mood-altering substances
Economic compulsive behavior
Violence committed by drug users to support their habit
Ststemic link
A link between drugs and vioence that occurs when drug dealers turn violent in their competition with rival gangs
Subculture of violence
A segment of society in which violence has become legitimized by the custom and norms of that group
Rape
The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will
Date rape
A rape that involves epople who are in some form of courting relationship
Marital exemption
The formerly accepted tradition that a legally married husband could not be charged with raping his wife
Statutory rape
Sexual relations between an underage minor female and an adult male
Virility mystique
The beliefe that males must separate their sexual feelings from their need for love, respect, and affection
Narcissistic personality disorder
A pattern of traits and behaviors indicating infatuation and fixation with one's self to the exculsion of all others, along with the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's own gratufication, dominance, and ambition
Aggravated rape
Rape involving multiple offenders, weapons, and victim injuries