Criminology

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Three branches of social structure theory

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Social Disorganization Theory, Strain Theory, Cultural Deviance Theory

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people in all strata of society share the same success goals; however, those in the lower class have limited means of achieving them.

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Theory of Differential Opportunity

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There are three reasons social institutions have been undermined by the economy

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Devaluation, Role Adversity, Bottom Line

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Repeat negative experiences create

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cumulative disadvantage

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3 aspects of Critical Criminology

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Left Realism, Critical Feminist Theory, Peacemaking Criminology

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Production has two components

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productive forces and productive relations

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Most important relations in industrial culture is between

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capitalist bourgeoisie, proletariat, lumpen proletariat

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Life events that alter the development of a criminal

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turning points

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Globalization has replaced

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imperialism and colonization

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---is a political concept designed to protect power of upper class

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Crime

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Social Leaning theorists view violence as something learned through a process called

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behavior modeling

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---says individuals who feel stress and strain from multiple sources are more likely to commit crime

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General Strain Theory

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A socially disorganized area is one in which the ---have broken down and can no longer carry out their expected or stated functions

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institutions of social control

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Conformity, Innovation, Ritualism, Retreatism and Rebellion are considered the

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Social Adaptations of Anomie

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Oscar Lewis argued that the crushing lifestyle of lower-class areas produce a------,which is passed from one generation to the next

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culture of poverty

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Eyseneck published

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Crime and Personality

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says crime and delinquency rates are a function of two factors: class position and family functions

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Power- Control Theory

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The---- traced generations of crime-prone families and posited that criminal tendencies were based on genetics.

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inheritance school

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William Sheldon, physiques susceptible to delinquent behavior -

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Mesomorphs, Endomorphs, Ectomorphs

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the belief that no serious consideration should be given to biological factors when attempting to understand human nature.

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Biophobia

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Edmund O. Wilson published

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Sociobiology

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Sociobiologists view the gene as the ultimate unit of life that controls all

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human destiny

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suggests that criminal offenders are aggressive, frustrated persons dominated by events experienced early in childhood.

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Psychodynamic theory

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ocial structure theory focuses on the association between

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social conditions and crime

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A -- of capitalism believes that economic development turns workers into a ----- that merely exists at the mercy of the capitalist employers.

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Marxist View, dehumanized mass

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--- and ---- are considered the founders of the developmental branch of criminological theory.

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Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck

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According to the ---, over the history of the human species, aggressive males have had the greatest impact on the gene pool.

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Evolutionary Theory