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100
He said that crime is a natural, healthy part of society.
Who is Durkheim?
100
Behaviors outside the range of normal societal tolerance.
What is deviance?
100
An early draft of this theory predicted that swift, certain, and severe punishments leads to a decrease in crime.
What is the Deterrence Theory?
100
These index crimes are mainly victimless.
What is Part II Non-Index Offenses?
100
A term that means everyone is naturally going to act in a way that increases their happiness.
What is Hedonism?
200
He believed that delinquency was due to the failure of restraint of personal and social controls.
Who is Reiss?
200
Criminal intent in committing an act. Act with purpose, knowledge, negligence, and recklessness.
What is Mens Rea?
200
This theory says that people rationalize offending. If committing has greater benefits, then crime will occur.
What is the Rational Choice Theory?
200
A term that describes that in situations where multiple crimes have occurred, the most serious is reported.
What is the Hierarchy Rule?
200
These are the 2 branches of the Positivist school.
What are Intrinsic and Environmental?
300
He said that crime shows a pattern so it is predictable and that society causes crime.
Who is Quetelt?
300
A certain punishment will deter a type of crime completely.
What is Absolute Deterrence?
300
This theory states that there are push and pull factors that cause us to offend.
What is Containment Theory?
300
A data collecting method where the victim's house is followed up every 6 months for a year.
What is NCVS?
300
A hypothesis that states if you watch crime occur, then it makes you angry and want to offend.
What is Precipitation Hypothesis?
400
He said that human species may negatively evolve into a criminal class.
Who is Lombroso?
400
A false correlation between two variables that is caused by some other factor.
What is a spurious relationship?
400
This theory states that crime is a result of the inability of a community to realize common problems.
What is Social Disorganization Theory?
400
A data gathering strategy where a researcher follows the criminal around.
What is Participant Observation?
400
The percentage of offenders that go to jail for over a year after committing a white collar crime.
What is 18%?
500
One of the first people to say second generation immigrants have little parental supervision which leads to delinquency.
Who is Znaniecki?
500
Using multiple methods to check for the same results.
What is Triangulation?
500
This theory says that crime is a mundane, everyday occurrence.
What is the Routine Activity Theory?
500
For us to accept the results of a study, it needs to be done using this.
What is experimental methods.
500
A term that describes how people reset their perceptions of benefits after offending.
What is Gambler's Fallacy?