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1. Class Name,Instructor Name Date, Semester Criminal Justice 2011 Chapter 10 VIOLENT CRIME: HOMICIDE, ASSAULT, AND ROBBERY

2. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES Be able to define homicide and assault, be familiar with its patterning and social dynamics and recent trends in U.S. homicide rates, and the major explanations for homicide and aggravated assault. 10.1 Be able to define robbery; be familiar with its extent, patterning, and costs; be able to identify the types of robbers; and be familiar with the major explanations for robbery, and carjackings. 10.2 Be familiar with the special topics in violent crime discussed in the text: mass murder and serial killing, workplace violence, hate crime, mass media and violence, and guns/guns control. 10.3 • Be familiar with what history tells us about reducing violent crime and with recent suggestions for doing so. 10.4

3. Be able to define homicide and assault, be familiar with its patterning and social dynamics and recent trends in U.S. homicide rates, and the major explanations for homicide and aggravated assault. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes 10.1

4. 10.1 First-degree Involuntary Second-degree Voluntary Homicide

5. 10.1 Individual Geography Cultural Norms Community Patterns of Homicide

6. 10.1 Weapon Available Victim-Offender Weapons Used Gang Activity Patterns of Homicide

7. 10.1 Key Point Goes Here Homicide rates have declined since early 1990s Rise in rates by and against young black males BUT Recent Trends in U.S. Homicide Rates

8. 10.1 vs. Aggravated Simple

9. 10.1 Stranger Assault Intimate Partner Within Families

10. 10.1 Explanations for Homicide and Assault • Handgun Ownership • History of Violence • Social Disorganization/Anomie • Gender Differences • Anger/ Despair • Self-Defense/ • Retaliation • Social Process Factors Inequality

11. Be able to define robbery; be familiar with its extent, patterning, and costs; be able to identify the types of robbers; and be familiar with the major explanations for robbery, and carjackings. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes 10.2

12. 10.2

13. 10.2 Extent, Patterning, and Costs of Robbery Disproportionately committed by men and African Americans Robbery is more interracial for white victims; intraracial for black victims Black males more likely to be robbed than other races Mostly involves strangers Most likely to involve a gun

14. 10.2 Types of Robbers Professional Opportunist Addict Alcoholic

15. 10.2 Key Point Goes Here Economic Gain Merton’s Innovation Urban Neighborhoods Gain Respect Explanations for Robbery

16. 10.2 Carjacking

17. Be familiar with the special topics in violent crime discussed in the text. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes 10.3

18. 10.3 Workplace Violence Hate Crime

19. 10.3 Other Violent Crimes • Serial Killing • Violence against Children • Mass Media Violence • Guns Mass Murder

20. 10.3 Childhood Abuse Estimates, 2008 122,000 Cases of Physical Abuse 69,000 Cases of Sexual Abuse

21. 10.3 Americans Own More Than 200 Million Firearms, 1/3 of Which Are Handguns

22. 10.3 Handgun Control: Efforts to Restrict the Supply and Ownership of Handguns

23. Be familiar with what history tells us about reducing violent crime and with recent suggestions for doing so. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes 10.4

24. 10.4 • How can we reduce violent crime?

25. 10.4 Institute programs that target causes of violent crime Reduce discrimination Address concept of masculinity

26. CHAPTER SUMMARY Be able to define homicide and assault, be familiar with its patterning and social dynamics and recent trends in U.S. homicide rates, and the major explanations for homicide and aggravated assault. 10.1 Be able to define robbery; be familiar with its extent, patterning, and costs; be able to identify the types of robbers; and be familiar with the major explanations for robbery, and carjackings. 10.2 Be familiar with the special topics in violent crime discussed in the text: mass murder and serial killing, workplace violence, hate crime, mass media and violence, and guns/guns control. 10.3 • Be familiar with what history tells us about reducing violent crime and with recent suggestions for doing so. 10.4