Exam 6: Social Structure Theories of Crime

According to the text, criminal justice professionals should be particularly concerned with conformists and ritualists.

Theorized that strain was result of human natural tendencies to have unlimited desires

Theorized that strain was socially generated

Cloward and Ohlin developed the concentric zone model.

Who is credited for the development of general strain theory?

_____________________ focuses on the person's relation to the social environment.

Social structure theories of crime are ___________-level theories.

What theorists seminal work was the book "Suicide"

Crime is found to be least likely in neighborhoods that are disorganized.

_________________ theories view crime as a result of stress, frustration, and failed aspirations or blocked opportunities.

Who attributed crime to the "American Dream"?

Rebellion gangs are social dropouts and double losers often found in organized communities.

Millennials subscribe to the same "American Dream" as previous generation.

Credited with developing the concentric zone model

Which theorist developed the five modes of adaptation to strain?

Social disorganization theory was developed by Shaw and McKay and used to examine delinquency in Chicago.

Strains associated with low social control are more likely to lead to crime.

Credited with developing the group adaptations to anomie.

Events or conditions that are disliked by the people who are experiencing or have experienced them are known as

_______________ is a result of a disjunction between people's aspirations and their ability to achieve their goals.