Modern Criminology
This theory blends biological and environmental factors.
Biosocial Theory
This term describes people who commit crimes across their entire lifespan.
life-course persistent offender
This type of theory focuses on biological or psychological traits.
positivist theory
This theory says people learn criminal behavior from those around them.
Differential Association Theory
This character is a former FBI agent turned cannibalistic serial killer in a thriller series and film franchise.
Hannibal Lecter
This theory says opportunity makes the thief.
Rational Choice Theory
The desire to gain wealth or success may push someone to commit a white-collar crime. This is an example of what theory?
Strain Theory
This theory type focuses on power and inequality in society.
What is Conflict Theory?
This classical theorist believed people choose to commit crimes after weighing the costs and benefits.
Cesare Beccaria
In this 2001 film, a Harvard sorority girl attends law school and wins a big criminal case.
Legally Blonde
This approach argues that punishment should fit the crime and deter future offenses.
Classical Criminology
This theory argues that crime can be reduced if people feel bonded to school, family, or religion.
Social Control Theory
This theory suggests that people turn to crime when they can’t achieve socially accepted goals.
Strain Theory
This theory argues that people commit crimes due to a lack of bonds to society.
Social Bond Theory
This actor played a police detective in Training Day, earning an Oscar for his performance.
This actor played a police detective in Training Day, earning an Oscar for his performance.
The belief that people commit crimes when they lack attachment, commitment, involvement, or belief
Social Bond Theory
According to the Routine Activity Theory, this reduces crime by being present or watchful.
capable guardian
This perspective focuses on how being labeled a criminal can influence future behavior.
Labeling Theory
This part of the brain is linked to impulse control and is often discussed in biosocial theories.
prefrontal cortex
This real-life trial, widely televised in the 1990s, featured a famous football player accused of double murder.
O.J. Simpson trial
This criminological approach emphasizes gender and power in understanding crime.
Feminist Criminology
A person joins a gang to feel accepted. This supports which theory?
Differential Association Theory
This theory looks at how neighborhoods and environments impact crime rates.
Social Disorganization Theory
This theory suggests that crime occurs when a capable guardian is absent, a motivated offender is present, and a suitable target exists.
Routine Activity Theory
This Netflix series follows women's lives in prison and brings attention to prison reform issues.
Orange is the New Black