This is the study of the shape of skulls. Often used to explain behavior.
What is phrenology
100
This early theory moved away from the belief in the mystic and supernatural that were popular at the time.
What is classical theory?
100
He was the fore-father of classical theory.
Who is Cesare Beccaria?
100
This is the basic desires inherent in everyone according to Freud.
What is the id?
100
A perspective that holds that crime control agencies and the citizens they serve should work together to alleviate social problems and human suffering, and thereby reduce the amount of crime.
What is peacemaking criminology?
200
A condition characterized by the existence of features thought to exist in earlier stages of human evolution.
What is atavism?
200
An example of this theory is when allergic reaction to foods contribute to violent behavior.
What is biocriminology?
200
His study was the basis of psychoanalysis.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
200
According to the anomie theory, this person accepts society's goals but rejects the means to obtain the goals.
What is the innovator?
200
The theory that the power struggle between the lower working class (proletariat) and the middle-upper class who are the owners of the means of production is the cause of delinquent behaviors.
What is radical (marxist) criminology?
300
Long arms, large lips, crooked nose, and large amounts of body hair are examples of this?
What is stigmata?
300
This is the study of mental illness and the behavior disorders that accompany the illness.
What is psychopathology?
300
He believed that the shape of a human's head is relative to their behavior.
Who is Franz Joseph Gall?
300
This concept states that the lower class youth will reject the values of the middle class. This often leads to the formation of gangs.
What is the reaction formation?
300
The theory that crime rate increased as one moved closer to the center of the city.
What is the concentric zone theory?
400
This is the classification of people according to their body types.
What is somatotyping?
400
They highlight the role played by weakened self-esteem and the lack of meaningful social roles in causation of crime.
What is social process theory?
400
He was considered the father of the positive school of criminology.
Who is Cesare Lombroso?
400
The setting in which violence is the norm and traditional means of conflict resolution.
What is the subculture of violence?
400
Aspects of social bond and personality which act to prevent individuals from committing crime.
What is containment?
500
It releases tension caused by unmet impulses. It does this by finding a mental image of the desired object in the real world.
What is the primary process?
500
Believes human behavior is genetically determined.
What is biological theories?
500
He used Durkheim's concept of anomie to explain criminal behaviors.
Who is Robert Merton?
500
A condition said to exist when a group is faced with social change, uneven development of culture, and conflict.
What is social disorganization?
500
A list of techniques that allows one to justify their delinquent acts.