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Match the Type of Theory with Its Best Description

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Matching

Match the type of theory with its best description

Premises:

Responses:

Macrotheory

Focus on pathology using scientific methods to treat and prevent crime.

Microtheory

Looks at both how social structure operates and how individuals become criminal.

Conflict Theory

Broad explanations of social structure effects with emphasis on rates of crime (epidemiology).

Metatheory

Based on idea that people disagree and only powerful groups benefit from law.

Positivist Theory

Etiological explanations for individual and small groups’ criminal behavior.

Bridging Theory

Less testable theories about theory itself.

Premises:

Macrotheory

Microtheory

Conflict Theory

Metatheory

Positivist Theory

Bridging Theory

Responses:

Focus on pathology using scientific methods to treat and prevent crime.

Looks at both how social structure operates and how individuals become criminal.

Broad explanations of social structure effects with emphasis on rates of crime (epidemiology).

Based on idea that people disagree and only powerful groups benefit from law.

Etiological explanations for individual and small groups’ criminal behavior.

Less testable theories about theory itself.

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

Conflict Theory

Based on idea that people disagree and only powerful groups benefit from law.

Microtheory

Etiological explanations for individual and small groups’ criminal behavior.

Positivist Theory

Focus on pathology using scientific methods to treat and prevent crime.

Macrotheory

Broad explanations of social structure effects with emphasis on rates of crime (epidemiology).

Metatheory

Less testable theories about theory itself.

Bridging Theory

Looks at both how social structure operates and how individuals become criminal.