Exam 2: Causes of Crime

Classical criminology is a school of thought that sees criminal and delinquent behavior as the result of biological, psychological, and social forces.

In research conducted by Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin in Delinquency in a Birth Cohort, what percent of juveniles did the researchers find to be chronic offenders, or career criminals, responsible for a disproportionate amount of the violent crime?

__________ is when a relationship in which a change in one measurement or behavior creates a recognizable change in another measurement or behavior

A series of theories that assume that all individuals have the potential for criminalbehavior, but are restrained by the damage that such actions would do to theirrelationships with family, friends, and members of the community are called:

__________ are chemical substances that control certain cellular and bodily functionssuch as growth and reproduction.

Cesare Beccaria criticized existing systems of criminal law as irrational and argued that criminal laws, to be just, should reflect three truths; which of the following is not one of the three truths discussed in the book?

Which of the following is NOT a neurotransmitter that has been linked to crime?

__________ between two variables is when they tend to vary together; where _________, in contrast, means that one variable is responsible for the change in another variable.

__________ is the science of living organisms, including their structure, function, Growth, and origin.