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Involuntary Committment
the legal process through which an individual with symptoms of several mental illness is court- ordered into treatment in a hospital (inpatient) or in the community (outpatient) TERM 2
the psycho-social model of mental
health
DEFINITION 2 psycho-analytic theory: pioneered by Fraud; resulting from conflicts in personality. Social Stress theory: interprets stress as a major contributor to the development of mental disorder TERM 3
DSM-IV
DEFINITION 3 lists over 300 mental disorders by symptoms. It is used to help practitioners prescribe appropriate medications. TERM 4
swinger
DEFINITION 4 couples swapping spouses for sex only, most middle-class suburban whites, internet and sex clubs facilitate swinging, less common than infidelity. TERM 5
prostitution
DEFINITION 5 the exchange of sex for moneystreetwalkers solicit costumers on the street, child and adolescent prostitutes, house prostitutes work in brothels, call girls use answering devices and make call-outs. People go to prostitution because of economic reasonings. Disease is greater in poorer countries (no condoms). Three people: Madam, Pimp, John
pornography
sexually explicit materials. Has become an enormous industry- 8 billion dollars/year. TERM 7
trades
DEFINITION 7 when males have sexual feelings that are predominately heterosexual but seek homosexual experience as a means of releasing tension. TERM 8
Transvestites
DEFINITION 8 cross-dressers who wear clothes of the opposite sex. TERM 9
Transgenderists
DEFINITION 9 people having characteristics of both sexes. Includes transsexual, intersexuals, transvestites. TERM 10
OxyContin:
DEFINITION 10 abuse has steadily increased over the past decade leading to widespread abuse and intensified regulation. Abused due to availability, the belief that is it safe, and the attractions that all drugs have for users.
cyber crime
Crimes that can be done online illegally. cyber sex: chat rooms ect. , cyber porn: pornography in cyberspace. Cyberstalking: Internet and e-mail are used to harass victims TERM 17
online identity theft
DEFINITION 17 involves use of computer to steal credit cards numbers, social security numbers or other personal information. TERM 18
burglary
DEFINITION 18 characteristically rational and calculating, and commit their crimes when homes are empty TERM 19
modus operandi
DEFINITION 19 a method of operating or functioning, a method to do somethinghow burglars figure out how when to break in, dont have to put anyone in harm if no one is there. TERM 20
computer hacking
DEFINITION 20 breaking into someone elses computer to get information off of it.
most common mental health disorder
depression TERM 22
different classes of prostitution
DEFINITION 22 The first type is a streetwalker that solicits customers on the street. The second type is child and adolescent prostitutes. Next, there are house prostitutes that work in brothels. The last type of prostitution is call girls who use answering services and make out-calls. TERM 23
homosexual
DEFINITION 23 those who like someone of the same sex TERM 24
heterosexual
DEFINITION 24 men likes women, women like men TERM 25
lighting in the brain
DEFINITION 25 too many drugs or overconsumption of alcohol may cause this feeling
inside trader
a person who buys and sells stock with confidential information TERM 32
most common crime of a lawyer/attorney
DEFINITION 32 overcharging, intentionally causing delays in court TERM 33
who is the most likely to do underprivileged
crime
DEFINITION 33 the poor TERM 34
characteristics of a robber
DEFINITION 34 big cities, strangers, cold winter months, 60% occur outdoors, most are armed, relatively young, more interracial than other crimes TERM 35
most significant property crime
DEFINITION 35 auto-theft
why is cyber porn a huge buisness
the cyberporn surfers are mainly men who are married. between 30,000 websites, $700 million a year TERM 37
repeated harrassment over the internet is
known as what?
DEFINITION 37 cyber stalking TERM 38
cyber terrorism
DEFINITION 38 Cyberterrorism is the use of Internet based attacks in terrorist activities, including acts of deliberate, large-scale disruption of computer networks, especially of personal computers attached to the Internet, by the means of tools such as computer viruses.
