Philosophers
The ability to think things through in a logical way?
What is Reason?
An early Criminologist who argued that criminality comes from biological traits?
Who is Cesare Lombroso?
A condition that affects a person's mood, behavior, or thoughts
What is Mental Illness?
An Austrian-British Philosopher who emphasized the need for falsification in science?
Who is Karl Popper?
Empathy.
What is the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes?
What is a movement in Europe, 17th and 18th centuries, that focus on reason?
What is The Enlightenment?
The view that Biological traits play a role in criminal behavior?
What is trait theory?
The ability to put yourself in another persons shoes?
What is empathy?
The view that early childhood experiences strongly influence development?
What is Psychodynamic theory?
Programs that provide treatment after a person has engaged in crime?
What is Secondary Prevention?
The person considered the father of Classical Criminology?
Who is Cesare Beccaria?
Practices that appear based on the scientific method but are significantly flawed?
What is pseudoscience?
A relationship between two things?
What is a Correlation?
The possibility that a hypothesis can be proven false?
What is Falsifiability?
Behavior Intended to help others.
What is Prosocial Behavior?
A key thinker that studied Aristotle in the Islamic Golden Age?
Who is Ibn Rushd (Averroes)?
The view that criminals suffer from brain impairment?
What is Neurological View?
Stable patterns of behavior that distinguish one person from another?
What is personality?
The view that criminal traits can be inherited?
What is the Genetic View?
Behavior intended to cause harm or be indifferent to others?
What is Antisocial Behavior?
An agreement among people of society to live together under a system of rules and laws?
What is Social Contract?
A framework based on the idea that a person makes decisions rationally?
What is Rational Choice Theory?
A test score intended to measure a person's intelligence?
What is IQ?
The view that rewards and punishments strongly influence behavior?
What is Behavior Theory?
An argument that a person is not responsible for a rime due to a mental disorder.
What is insanity defense?