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Three branches of social structure theory |
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 |
Devaluation, Role Adversity, Bottom Line
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Repeat negative experiences create |
cumulative disadvantage
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3 aspects of Critical Criminology |
Left Realism, Critical Feminist Theory, Peacemaking Criminology
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Production has two components |
productive forces and productive relations
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Most important relations in industrial culture is between |
capitalist bourgeoisie, proletariat, lumpen proletariat
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Life events that alter the development of a criminal |
turning points
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Globalization has replaced |
imperialism and colonization
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---is a political concept designed to protect power of upper class |
Crime |
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Social Leaning theorists view violence as something learned through a process called |
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 |
culture of poverty |
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Eyseneck published |
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 - |
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 |
Sociobiology |
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Sociobiologists view the gene as the ultimate unit of life that controls all |
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 |
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. |
Evolutionary Theory |