Exam 4: Explanations of Criminal Behavior

Biological explanations for criminality are examples of ______ theories.

Jeremy Bentham argued that younger offenders should be treated differently than adult offenders as a result of which of the following?

______ theories of crime explore the large-scale social explanations for crime.

During Piaget's ______, children develop their language communication skills.

According to Robert Agnew's adaptations to strain, ______ accepts society's goals and rejects society's means to achieve the goals.

Which of the following theories suggests that people will avoid potentially pleasurable acts (such as criminal behaviors) if the pain or fear of punishment is significant?

Which of the following theories looks at genetic characteristics to explain offending?

Lombroso and Ferrero were convinced that women who engaged in crime would be ______.

Which of the following theories focuses on stress and frustration as a cause of criminality?

______ implies that there is something that directly influences or is responsible for people engaging in criminal behavior.

Describe the classical approach to criminology.

Social disorganization theory is a reflection of how crime is related to ______.

Compare and contrast Merton's strain theory with Agnew's general strain theory.

Which of the following theories is consistent with the argument that there is a relationship between social class and crime?

______ theory looks at how criminality begins during adolescence or young adulthood and either persists or desists throughout one's life and the factors or life events that may encourage these shifts in behavior.

Secondary deviance occurs after an individual has been labeled.

Damon engages in regular drug use as a coping mechanism to escape.According to Merton, this best illustrates rebellion.

Which of the following theories of crime explores how experiences such as early childhood experiences, cognitive development, and personality characteristics can help explain criminality?

Exploring how poverty causes crime is an example of ______ theories.

Freud argued that an individual's personality is based on three parts: the id, the ego, and the superego.