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psychological & biological
rational choice & strain
social learning/labeling
social disorganization & life co
critical & feminist
100
The unconscious, selfish part of our brain that is pleasure oriented and instinctual.
What is the ID.
100
The theory that says society puts pressure on the individual to achieve the so-called American Dream but does not provide an equal opportunity structure so that everyone may do so.
What is strain theory.
100
The person who created labeling theory?
Who is Howard Becker, 1963. (Becoming a Marijuana Smoker)
100

Refers to the way in which a society is organized along with certain rules and standards that are set forth in order to maintain that organization.- the 'cockroach'.

What is the social order.
100
What person proposed conflict theory?
Who is Karl Marx.
200

The utilization of loud noises, drugs that induce vomiting or paralysis and electroshock to discourage deviant behavior.

What is aversive conditioning.
200
This person came up with the first edition of strain theory.
Who is Emile Durkheim.
200

The theory that relates deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions.

What is labeling theory.
200
Which of the 5 zones has the highest crime rate?
What is zone 2.
200

Historically, criminology has traditionally been male-centered and androcentric. Or a term called...

What is malestream.
300

The basic premise of _______ criminology is that certain people are born to be criminal through the inheritance of a genetic or physical predisposition to crime.

What is biological criminology.
300

In strain theory the word for a society that is in a state of 'lawlessness'.

What is anomie.
300
Under labeling theory, this is the first or initial violation of a social norm. (Ex. a minor act, like playing hooky).

What is primary deviance.


300

A policy that adheres to strict enforcement of the laws, even for minor violations. Hint: used to 'clean up the streets'.

What is zero tolerance.
300

Early writers on women and crime explained their lawbreaking in terms of individual _____ and emotional or sexual disorders, even while attributing men’s crimes to external, social forces.

What is pathology.
400

Cesare Lombroso argued that criminals were ________ or ‘devolved’ sub-humans that had inherited traits from a ‘less-civilized’ period in human history.

What is atavistic throwbacks.

400

The word for persons in society who accept both the group’s goals and the normative means of achieving them. Typical of most.

Who are the conformists.
400

This is Edwin Sutherland's term for crimes committed by people of respectable and high social status in the course of their occupations; for example,, bribery of public officials, securities violations, embezzlement, false advertising, and price fixing

What is white collar crime.
400

A _______, as defined by Laub and Sampson, is an event or realization that leads eventually to a shift in a trajectory.

What is a turning point.
400
The term (conflict theory) for the ruling class.
What is the bourgeoisie.
500
This kind of modern technology harkens back to, or has continuity with, the phrenological or cranial studies of Cesare Lombroso's time.

What is the mug shot.

What is facial recognition technology.


500

_______ are based on the Classical school’s pessimistic vision of human nature, which views individuals as inherently selfish and hedonistic.

What is rational choice theories.
500
This person said 'a person becomes delinquent because of excess definitions favorable to violation of the law', increasing the chances they will become deviant.
Who is Edwin Sutherland.
500

In a field long dominated by a condescending determinism and characterized by a search for factors that somehow force “them” to become delinquents and criminals, Laub and Sampson speak of _______. Or, offenders’ freedom to make good and bad choices in life.

What is agency.
500

For conflict theorists, _____ reflects the values and interests of the groups in power.

What is law.