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

The biosocial and evolutionary psychological explanation of gender-based abuse does not simply fly in the face of science but of feminist.

Which of the following theories was considered to be very biological in nature and fraught with sexism, racism, and classism?

The ______ approach was based on erroneous and sexist and class assumptions about the feminist movement and statistics, and the interpretations of data were often misleading.

Which of the following types of theories attempts to bridge classical and positivist traditions?

Which of the following theories purports that self-control interacts with criminal opportunity to explain criminal/delinquent behavior?

The emancipation hypothesis suggests that the feminist movement decreased the female crime rate.

Social bond theory was one of the first theories to explicitly include gender.

Power control theory joins which theory on research related to gender and family relationships?

The feminist criticism of differential association theory centered mainly on ______.

W. I. Thomas favored psychological over economic motivations to explain female criminality.

In studies associated with power control theory, researchers have found a greater gender difference in delinquency rates in ______ homes.

Strain theory suggests that gender, race, age, and class differences in delinquency are due to how these characteristics are related to self-control and social control.

The concept that views some deviant behavior as a throwback to an earlier evolutionary stage in human development is referred to as ______.

Operant conditioning refers to how behaviors are reinforced or modified via punishment and rewards.

Which of the following theories is considered to be more sexist than the others?

Which of the following words is often used by scholars who assess power control theories?

Most criminological theories were constructed by men and about why (some) men and boys break the law.

W. I. Thomas favored which type of explanation for female criminality?

The concept of adaptation is key to the evolutionary theory approach.

Some argue that the primary legacy of the positivists in the 1990s and since is the researchers promoting the women's liberation/emancipation hypotheses.