– incarceration rate: the number of people in state and federal prisons
– criminal justice system: formal institutions designed to enforce, arbitrate, and carry out the laws of society
– capital punishment: a penalty for criminal behavior that results in the perpetrator\\\\\\\’s death
– index crimes: the eight forms of criminal behavior to create the FBI\\\\\\\’s Uniform Crime Report
– cybercrime: a crime that targets the computer systems of an individual or group
– hate crime: criminal behavior directed at individuals or groups based on their race, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or religion
– crime rate: statistical count of different categories of crime compiled by federal, state, and local agencies
– differential justice: differences in how groups are treated in the criminal justice system
– plea bargains: agreements in which the accused pleads guilty to the crime in exchange for a lesser sentence
– collective conscience: set of shared attitudes, beliefs, and ideas about how things should be in society
– symbolic interactions: theory considers social problems associated with deviance from the individual\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s perspective.
– transnational crime: that crosses interstate or international borders
– counterfeiting: the manufacturing and selling of illegally copied products
top seized goods:
1. shoes and footwear
2. clothing and textiles
3. leather goods and purses
4. electronics
5. watches
6. camera and video cameras
7. perfumes and cosmetics
8. toys
9. jewelry
– surveillance: involves the use of technology to monitor the action and behavior of others
\” gag order\” : prevents anyone that knows about government spying from revealing it to the person being spied upon