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A breakdown in norms or normlessness
What is anomie
The _____ perspective assumes individuals have free will.
What is the classical school.
According to Beccaria, the purpose of punishment is:
He is known as the father of criminal justice.
Who is Beccaria.
This theory suggests criminal behavior is caused by an excess of contacts that advocate criminal behavior.
What is differential association.
Positivist criminology is largely centered on
What is empirical resarch
The theory that criminals are born as such and that they are throwbacks to an earlier and more primitive evolutionary period is known as:
The least important of the 3 elements of deterrence is:
What is severity
This is the chromosome combination known as supermale.
What is XYY.
According to Hirshi, this is the most important social bond.
What is attachment.
What is choice (or free will).
Hedonistic calculus notes that individuals seek to maximize _____ and minimize _____.
What is pleasure and pain.
According to Merton's strain theory, a drug dealer would be a/an:
What is an innovator.
This refers to the reading of bumps on the skull.
What is phrenology.
According to Cloward and Ohlin, double failures enter this type of criminal subculture.
What is retreatist.
According to Merton, the overwhelming goal in American society is:
What is monetary success
Which theory is based on the assumption that there is a link between body type and crime?
What is somatotype
Which theorist is credited with General Strain Theory?
Who is Agnew.
What is the demonological school.
This theory claims that crime can be reduced by limiting stigmatization by authorities and society.
What is labeling theory.
______ was famous for his principles of the id, ego, and superego.
Who is Freud.
The movement to control degenerates through sterilization, euthanasia, and cutbacks in welfare is known as:
What is the eugenics movement
According to Sheldon, which body type is correlated with criminality?
What is mesomorph (or mesomorphic)
The 8th Amendment which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment is most closely associated with this criminologist.
Who is Beccaria.
This school of criminology argues that one aspect of American society, the city, contained potent criminogenic forces.
What is the Chicago School.