Explaining Crime
Low levels of this hormone have been found in impulsive murderers and arsonists.
What is Serotonin
This theorist suggested that crime is a means by which some people attempt to satisfy their basic human needs
Abraham Maslow
According to Robert K. Merton, this adaptation to anomie or strain is at the root of most criminal behavior
Innovation
With which theorist is the modern social control theory most associated
Travis Hirschi
This group assumed that people exercise free will and are thus completely responsible for their actions.
What are the Enlightenment Thinkers
This theorist views crime as one among several different adaptations to the helplessness caused by oppression
Seymour L. Halleck
He was the first twentieth-century criminologist to forcefully argue that criminal behavior was learned
Edwin H. Sutherland
According to Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi, low self-control may cause people to engage in deviant behaviors, including crime and delinquency. For Gottfredson and Hirschi, what is the principal cause of low self-control?
Ineffective child-rearing
The theory that admits that there are factors that might affect the exercise of free will
Neoclassical Theory
The cause of crime according to Émile Durkheim is __________
Anomie
People become criminal because of contacts with criminal definitions and isolation from noncriminal definitions this best describes Edward Sutherland's theory of _________________
Differential Association
The theory which assumes that crime is a product of power differentials or relative powerlessness in society
Conflict Theory
This body type is more likely to be associated with delinquency
Mesomorphic
This theorist argued that crime is a social fact and a normal aspect of society
Émile Durkheim
This category of theorists focus more on why people obey the law rather than asking why people commit crime and delinquency
Social Control
The groups of theorists that argue, critical criminologists need to redirect their attention to the fear and to the very real victimization experienced by working-class individuals
British or Left realists
Low levels of this hormone have been linked to violent crime, such as impulsive murder
Serotonin
According to this theorist, most people adapt to the problem of anomie or strain through conformity.
Robert K. Merton
A cultural or ethnic group invades a territory occupied by another group and dominates that new territory until it is displaced, or succeeded, by another group, and the cycle repeats itself. This type of growth of a city that occurs through a process of invasion, dominance, and succession is explained by the theory of ______________
the Chicago School
The condition in which a person weighs the potential pleasure of an action against the possible pain associated with it
Hedonistic Rationality