Exam 3: Explaining Crime

Match the following criminological theory or field of study with the correct definition listed below. -The theory that crime,like other disorders,was a symptom of more deep-seated problems and that if the deep-seated problems could be resolved,the symptom of crime would go away.

Who argued that criminals are,by birth,a distinct type,and that this type can be recognized by physical characteristics or "stigmata" such as enormous jaws,high cheekbones,insensitivity to pain,etc.?

Match the following criminological theory or field of study with the correct definition listed below. -A theory that argues that critical criminologists need to redirect their attention to the fear and the very real victimization experienced by working-class people.

Which of the following theories was an explicit rejection of the critical and "negative" philosophy of the Enlightenment thinkers?

Sutherland's ____ states that persons who become criminal do so because of contacts with criminal patterns and isolation from noncriminal patterns.

Which of the following is NOT a problem with psychotherapy?

Which of the following assumes that society is based primarily on disagreements between competing interest groups-for instance,the rich against the poor,management against labor,whites against minorities,men against women,adults against children?

Delinquent behavior is likely to occur if there is

Name the five ways in which individuals adapt to strain,according to Merton.

Match the following criminological theory or field of study with the correct definition listed below. -A theory that emphasizes the criminalization process as the cause of some crime.

Match the following criminological theory or field of study with the correct definition listed below. -As applied to the area of crime and criminal justice,the major foci of this theory have been critical analyses of the privileged position of "the Law" and the construction of crime theories.

Which of the following theories is based on the belief that criminals are physiologically different from noncriminals?

Match the following criminological theory or field of study with the correct definition listed below. -The theory that states that when the usual controls over delinquents are largely absent; delinquent behavior is often approved of by parents and neighbors; there are many opportunities for delinquent behavior; and there is little encouragement,training,or opportunity for legitimate employment; crime or delinquency will occur.

A problem with labeling theory is that it tends to ____ the importance of the official labeling process.

Which of the following focuses on women's experiences and ways of knowing because,in the past,men's experiences have been taken as the norm and generalized to the population?

Your textbook states four general ways that,according to learning theory,punishment can be administered effectively.Three are listed below.Which one does NOT belong?

What did Lombroso call a person predisposed to crime?

Name the five main assumptions of the positivist school of thought.

Match the following criminological theory or field of study with the correct definition listed below. -Any theory of crime causation that is generally based on a Marxist theory of class struggle.

Radical theories of crime causation are generally based on the ideas of: