Social Structure
These theories examine why lower-class youths are more likely to commit a crime than the upper or middle classes.
What is social structure theories?
This theory focuses on delinquency because they learned the attitudes, skills, and rationalizations.
What is learning theory?
The theory argues that delinquency can be affected by events that happen later in life, even after a significant delinquent career has been established.
What is age-graded theory?
This theory examines how power in families and the workforce influences delinquency.
What is power-control theory?
A researcher is looking to understand how delinquency changes throughout a person's life and how important life events and relationships can affect delinquency over time.
What are life course theories?
This theory explains delinquency by focusing on where it occurs and how the environment of an area impacts delinquency.
What is ecological theory?
This theory seeks to answer why juveniles don't commit delinquent acts.
What is social control theory?
This theory combines social control and social learning theories.
What is interactional theory?
These theories focus on how society's reactions to individuals can influence delinquent behavior.
What are social reaction theories?
A teenager learns how to steal from stores by spending time with friends who shoplift.
What is learning theory?
This theory suggests that delinquency can happen due to a lack of opportunity (economic opportunity) for individuals.
What is strain theory?
The ability to control one's behavior.
What is self-control?
This is the theorist who developed the interactional theory.
Who is Terence Thornberry?
This is what Lemert called delinquent acts.
What is primary deviance?
A juvenile repeatedly called "a criminal" by others will eventually see themselves that way.
What is labeling theory?
This theory is a set of values, norms, and beliefs that differ from those in a dominant culture.
What is subculture theory?
The theory focuses on the relationship between delinquency and socialization.
What are social process theories?
The theories that focus on the onset nd termination of delinquency throughout one's life.
What are life course theories?
The theory states that juveniles who are labeled delinquent or criminal will likely commit delinquent acts to live up to the label.
What is labeling theory?
A neighborhood's social and economic conditions are associated with a lot of juvenile delinquency.
What is ecological theory?
Name the three types of social structure theories in Chapter 5.
What are strain, subculture, and ecological theory?
A reward that increases behavior.
What is positive reinforcement?
These are the theorists who created the age-grade theory.
Who are Robert Sampson and John Laub?
This theory examines how the conflict due to the unfair distribution of wealth and power causes delinquent behavior.
What is conflict theory?
A youth who has limited education and employment opportunities but wants financial success.
What is strain theory?