Exam 3: The Search for Causes

______________ is known as the father of modern criminology.

Deconstructionist theory is one of the emerging approaches that challenges existing criminological perspectives to debunk them and that works toward replacing them with concepts more applicable to the postmodern era.

A theory of human behavior based on psychoanalysis is most closely related with _________.

A theory of human behavior,based on the writings of Sigmund Freud,that sees personality as a complex composite of interacting mental entities is found in:

An eighteenth-century approach to crime causation and criminal responsibility that grew out of the Enlightenment and that emphasized the role of free will and reasonable punishment comes from the _______________ School of criminological theory.

A perspective on crime causation that holds that physical deterioration in an area leads to higher crime rates is the thesis of _________________ windows.

A theoretical approach that holds that crime is the natural consequence of economic and other social inequities is called:

The ___________ is a perspective on criminological thought that highlights the process of interaction between individuals and society.

A psychological principle that holds that the frequency of any behavior can be increased or decreased through reward,punishment,and association with other stimuli is:

The Biological School views deviant behavior as the product of environmental forces.

Distinct portions of a cell's DNA that carry coded instructions for making everything the body needs are known as:

All deviant behavior is a violation of the criminal law.

What is atavism?