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Criminological Theory
Exam One
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Criminology
Undergraduate 3
02/18/2012

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In which mode does crime occur?
Definition
Innovation
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What do 80% of people in the society do?
Definition
Conform
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What do ritualists do?
Definition
They maintain outward conformity but scale down their aspirations.
Term
During rebellion, what do people do?
Definition
They reject society's means and norms.
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Who coined the term Anomie?
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Emile Durkeim.
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What is Anomie?
Definition
Norms that have been broken.
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Why does Anomie occur?
Definition
Rapid social change.
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What theory is concerned with the types of strains instead of sources of strains?
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General strain
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Who was the theorist for general strain?
Definition
Robert Agnew
Term
What theory is under Messner and Rosenfeld?
Definition
Institutional Anomie
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What is the Institutional Anomie theory?
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There is an imbalance in social institutions which causes strain.
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What are the social institutions for the Institutional Anomie theory?
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Politics, Family, Religion, Education, Economy.
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What is Relative Deprevation Theory?
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Where the rich live in close proximity to the poor, which causes strain.
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What theorist created the concentric zones?
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Burgess.
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What zone in the concentric zone theory has the most crime?
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Zone 2.
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In the concentric zone theory, zone 2 is also called what?
Definition
The transitional zone.
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Who applied the concentric zone theory to crime?
Definition
Shaun McKay.
Term
Cultural deviance combines what two things?
Definition
Social disorganization and strain.
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What does the social disorganization theory include?
Definition
Burgess' model of concentric zones.
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Who was the father of criminology?
Definition
Cesare Lombroso.
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What city did the school of criminology come out of?
Definition
Chicago.
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What school wanted scientific proof of crime?
Definition
The positivist school.
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What school focuses on free will and utilitarianism as the cause of crime?
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The classical school.
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Social disorganization theories have their origin in the study of what?
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Ecology.
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What is ecology?
Definition
the study of organisms within their environment.
Term
What are Sheldon's body types?
Definition
Ectomorphy, endomorphy, mesomorphy.
Term
This theory argues that some males have evolved alternative reproductive strategies that unconsciously ensure that their genes are passed on to future generations.
Definition
The cheater theory.
Term
In females, what would be associated with female aggression?
Definition
Post partum depression.
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In males, what would be associated with male aggression?
Definition
Testosterone.
Term
What is broken windows theory?
Definition
To fight serious crime, you fight the disorder that precedes a serious crime.
Term
What are rules governing the day to day living conditions within a subculture?
Definition
Conduct norms.
Term
What are focal concerns in the focal concern theory? (6)
Definition
Autonomy (personal freedom), trouble, toughness, smartness (streets), excitement, fate.
Term
What crime reporting method is reported by the FBI?
Definition
Uniform Crime Report.
Term
What kind of cases does the UCR report?
Definition
more serious crimes. (murder, ag robbery).
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What kind of crime does the UCR not report?
Definition
Drug offenses.
Term
Which of the crime reports are the ones that the citizens are asked whether or not they have been victimized?
Definition
NCVS (National crime victimization survery)
Term
What are unreported crimes referred to as?
Definition
The dark figure of crime.
Term
Who were the students of Lombroso?
Definition
Garofollo and Ferri.
Term
Who are the two founders of the classical school?
Definition
Beccaria and Bentham.
Term
These types of theories suggest that biological traits interact with the social environment to shape human behavior.
Definition
Biosocial theories.
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These theories seek to explain crime by focuses attention on personality and how its produced.
Definition
Psychogenic theories.
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These theories occur when the norms of ones own culture cause a person to break the norms of the dominant culture.
Definition
Cultural conflict theory.
Term
What are Freud's 3 different areas that are in constant conflict with each other that cause someone to commit crime?
Definition
Id, ego and superego.
Term
What was the average IQ of the incarcerated population?
Definition
75
Term
What movement wanted to purify the human race?
Definition
Eugenics
Term
What movement was troubled by the plight of the urban poor and was pushed into the environment of crime?
Definition
Progressive Movement
Term
What is a social contract theory?
Definition
Binding contract that we have with society to obey the law.
Term
What is mens rea?
Definition
Criminal intent
Term
What are atavists?
Definition
Evolutionary throwbacks.
Term
Who was the theorist that believed in atavists?
Definition
Lombroso.
Term
Is there a gene for crime?
Definition
No.
Term
According to genetics, what are the predisposed risk factors to commit crime?
Definition
Alcoholism, intelligence and ADHD.
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