Theories of Crime Expanded SUMMARY

Which type of studies are commonly used to distinguish genetic from environmental factors in biological theories of crime?

According to Yochelson and Samenow's Theory of Criminal Thinking, how do criminals become criminals?

According to Eysenck's Theory of Personality Dimensions, which personality dimension is associated with a higher risk for criminality?

According to Bowlby's Attachment Theory, what accounts for a majority of the more intractable cases of delinquency and repetitive crime?

According to Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory, what is the motive behind a criminal's compulsive need for punishment?

According to social-psychological theories of crime, what is the main factor that controls crime according to Walter Reckless's containment theory?

According to Edwin H. Sutherland's differential association approach, what is required for criminal behavior to occur?

What do sociological theories of crime emphasize?

What is the main focus of structural explanation in sociological theories of crime?

What does the theory of differential opportunity suggest about lower socioeconomic subcultures?

What is one outgrowth of the sequence described in the theory of differential opportunity?

What limitations does the theory of differential opportunity have?

What is likely to be true about lower-class youth and limited success in school?

What do sociological theories of crime further divide into?

According to Albert Bandura, most human behavior is learned through

The three social contexts in which aggression can be modeled are

Who wrote the book 'Crime and Human Nature' that is an example of a multiple-component learning theory?

According to James Q. Wilson and Richard Herrnstein, whether a crime is committed depends on

According to the Social Labeling Theory, deviance is created by

What is primary deviance?

What is secondary deviance?

According to Albert Bandura, what is the main way in which most human behavior is learned?

According to James Q. Wilson and Richard Herrnstein, what determines whether a crime is committed?

Which theory proposes that lower-class adolescent gangs engage in criminal behavior in order to achieve the ends valued in their culture through behaviors that appear best suited to obtain those ends?

Which theory emphasizes chronic barriers to conventional success faced by certain individuals, such as cultural and language differences, financial hardships, and limited access to resources crucial to upward mobility?

Which theory suggests that a conflict of norms held by different groups causes criminal behavior, particularly when various groups endorse subcultural norms that pressure their members to deviate from the norms underlying the criminal law?

Which theory suggests that life without moral or social obligations becomes intolerable and can result in a feeling of normlessness called anomie, which often precedes suicide and crime?

Which theory proposes that genetic factors influence criminal behavior, particularly through neurotransmitters like serotonin and certain brain structures responsible for behavioral inhibition, planning, and decision making?

Which theory suggests that hereditary factors influence criminal behavior, particularly through neurotransmitters like serotonin and certain brain structures responsible for monitoring behavioral inhibition, planning, and decision making?

Which theory proposes that both genetic and environmental factors can interact to influence criminal behavior, specifically involving a mutation on the X chromosome in the gene coding for MAOA, in combination with maltreatment as a child?