Exam 2: Theories Part I: Positivist, Evolutionary, Strain, Differential Association, Social Control, and Womens Emancipation Theories

Atavism is a concept that views some deviant behavior as a "throwback" to an earlier evolutionary stage in human development.

According to the authors of A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion (2000), which of the following approaches is better suited to understanding the causes of rape?

Which of the following theories is associated with the examination of attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief?

Sigmund Freud, in his theorizing, firmly maintained that deviants are less highly evolved than "normal" law-abiding citizens.

Positivists failed to see sexism in access to power, nor how this could intersect with race, class, and other characteristics.

How does general strain theory (GST) advance and expand earlier strain theories?

Which of the following theories is more concerned with explaining what compels most of society to abide by the law?

Which type of theories focuses on what makes people break the law?

Positivist approaches were informed by the assumption that ______.

The infamous "penis envy" approach is credited to Sigmund Freud.

According to the author, the increase in research on women prisoners and girl delinquents can be credited to ______.

What are some of the troubling assumptions of the women's liberation/emancipation hypothesis (WLEH)?

Which approach suggests that the feminist movement increased the female crime rate?

Power control theory focuses on which two loci?

Social bond or control theory (SCT) focuses on what motivates people to obey laws.

Madonna's were considered to be subservient, loyal, and submissive to their husbands who protected them.

Classical studies focused on ______ as the "feminine" standard.

Traditional strain theory (TST) measures strains primarily in terms of ______.

Which individuals centered his explanations of female behavior on the belief that women are anatomically inferior to men?

Which theory posits that gender power positions in the workplace impact gender power relations in the home, such that the control of youth is gender-determined, and then, so is delinquency?