the developed the theory of operant conditioning-the idea that behavior is determined by its consequences
100
A way of explaining personality by and individual's unconscious desires and beliefs.
Psychodynamic Theory
100
focuses on the fact that males dominate in society
Radical feminist
100
Clifford Shaw & Henry McKay
The "pioneers" of the social dis-organizational theory. They believed that disorganized communities weakened social stability
100
Richard Quinney
suggested that capitalism and crime are related
200
Karl Marx
saw society as broken up in groups that competed for economic and social resources
200
How people perceive the world around them and solve problems
Cognitive theory
200
focuses on gender discrimination and equal treatment
Liberal feminist theory
200
Robert Merton
Argued that society's expectations are unrealistic causes crime. His theoretical thinking fits in with the strain theory.
200
theory on women rights and gender equality
Feminist theory
300
Albert Bandura
believes learning is a cognitive process that takes place socially and can happen by just observing
300
Individuals and groups within society have different amounts of resources and the more powerful groups use their power in order to exploit groups with less power
Conflict theory
300
belief that people learn criminal behavior through interaction with the people they are around
Differential Association theory
300
Sigmund Freud
Believed that our id contained all of our unconscious desires that were wrong and that's what made us commit crime if our ego couldn't control it.
300
Cesare Lombroso
believed the physical appearance of someone determined or correlated with the innate tendency towards criminal behavior.
400
Erik Erikson
the role of culture and society influenced our behavior and personality.
400
the belief we learn by watching others receive rewards and punishments for certain forms of behavior.
Social learning theory
400
A person is successful based on the way they behave
Behavioral theory
400
Jean Piaget
Believed people went through four different stages of cognitive development.
400
Father of criminology
Cesare Lombroso
500
Edwin Sutherland
If you are only exposed to poor communities and deviance then that's all you know and you're more likely to commit a crime.
500
Individuals whose family have committed crimes can inherit that trait and are more likely to commit crimes themselves.
Genetic theory
500
people who are less fortunate or go through stressful life events are more likely to commit a crime
Strain theory
500
Cloward & Ohlin
Believed that people faced with limitations on legitimate avenues of success experience intense frustration that results in deviance or crime.