Biology
Psychology
Crime Decline
Neighborhoods
Theory
100
The part of the brain responsible for higher functioning
Frontal lobe
100
Elevated levels of stress hormone brought on by neglect or abuse
Toxic stress
100
Economic poverty, the inability to find quality work, poor school systems
Structural poverty
100
Ernest Burgess described crime in Chicago in terms of
Zones
100
School of criminology which states that humans seek to increase pleasure and decrease pain
Classical school
200
Chemicals that allow for transmission of electrical impulses in the brain
Neurotransmitters
200
Tendency to become impatient and to seek immediate gratification
Impulsivity
200
Growing up with parents who do not instill values in you
Moral poverty
200
A neighborhood's ability to maintain order in public spaces
Collective efficacy
200
School of criminology that uses the application of science to learn about crime
Positive school
300
Dynamic person, broad shoulders, slim waist
Mesomorph
300
The measurement of one's intelligence
IQ
300
The data tracking system used by the NYPD to map and combat crime
COMPSTAT
300
The physical properties of a building or neighborhood that lead to crime
Defensible space
300
The swiftness of punishment
Celerity
400
The Warrior gene
MAOA
400
Being present oriented, failing to think ahead is an example of
Short time horizon
400
Generation born between 1946-1964
Baby boomers
400
Deliberately preventing blacks from moving into white neighborhoods
Redlining
400
The guarantee of punishment
Certainty
500
Lombroso's word for a genetic throwback
Atavistic
500
Overall lack of adherence to the social standards that allow members of society to co-exist peaceably
Antisocial behavior
500
Preventing an offender from re-offending by putting him in jail
Incapacitation
500
Mutual dependence on each other
Symbiosis
500
From a research perspective, factors that influence crime are said to have this kind of relationship to offending
Correlation
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