Social Disorganization
The model developed by Parks and Burgess
What is the Concentric Zone Model?
The year that Agnew created General Strain Theory
1992
Scholars that study victims of crime
Who are victimologists?
This/these scholar(s) developed Developmental Taxonomy theory
Who is Moffitt?
This theorist developed the control balance theory
Who is Charles Tittle?
The theorist(s) that developed social disorganization theory
Who is Shaw and McKay?
The theorist who argued that the American Dream created anomie
Who is Robert Merton?
The theory that suggests people are at risk of victimization by doing day-to-day activities
What is Routine Activities Theory?
There are ___ stages in the life course
What is 4?
This theory integrates social learning and social bonding theory
What is Krohn's Social Network Analysis?
The "zone" where crime is most concentrated in an area
What is the Zone in Transition/Transitional Zone?
The adaptation to strain that is most common among criminals
Who are innovators?
The demographics most at risk of victimization (age, gender, race)
Who are young minority males?
An event that leads to desistance from crime
What is a turning point?
The definition of theory integration
What is integrating two or more theories?
Focuses on crime in places, not crime in individuals
What is a macro-level theory?
This theory argues that marginalized kids experience strain, create a subculture, and use delinquency to achieve status
What is Cohen's Reaction Formation Theory?
The 3 factors that must be present for victimization to occur according to Cohen and Felson
What is a motivated offender, suitable target, and absence of capable guardian?
This life course theory was developed by Sampson and Laub (1993)
What is the Age-Graded Theory of Informal Social Control?
When concepts from one theory overlap in meaning with another theory's concepts
What is conceptual integration?
The 3 structural characteristics of a socially disorganized area
What is poverty, racial heterogeneity, and residential mobility?
The moderating variable that increases the likelihood that strain and anger lead to crime
What is a lack of proper coping skills?
The perspective that suggests the victim-offender overlap occurs because victimization and offending directly impact one another
What is the Dynamic Causal perspective?
The most common type of research method used in life course criminology
What is longitudinal research?
The two major structural characteristics of social networks according to Krohn
What is multiplexity and density?