CRIM 260 - Review for Exam 1

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Across
  1. 3. This develops through interactions with parents and others and represents the conscience and the moral rules that are shared by most adults.
  2. 4. Social _______ Theories tie delinquency rates to socioeconomic conditions and cultural values; areas that experience high levels of poverty and social disorganization will also have high delinquency rates.
  3. 6. According to this theory, social behavior is determined by the way society reacts to individuals and the way individuals react to society
  4. 8. Under this movement, children were placed in the care of adults who trained them in specific skills.
  5. 10. Social ______ Theory assumes that all people have the potential to commit crimes but are kept in check by their attachments to society.
  6. 11. This theory focuses on the association between biological makeup, environmental conditions, and antisocial behaviors.
  7. 12. These nineteenth-century reformers developed programs for troubled youth and influenced legislation creating the juvenile justice system; today some critics view them as being more concerned with control of the poor than with their welfare.
  8. 13. This pathway begins at an early age with stubborn behavior; it leads to defiance and then to authority avoidance.
  9. 15. This theory best reflects the branch of psychology that holds that the human personality is controlled by unconscious mental processes developed early in childhood.
  10. 18. Social _______ Theory attributes delinquent behavior patterns to childhood socialization and pro- or antisocial attachments over the life course.
  11. 20. Compiled by the FBI, this is the most widely used source of national crime and delinquency statistics reporting crimes known to the police and the number of persons arrested.
Down
  1. 1. This theory suggests that delinquent behavior is a dynamic process, influenced by individual characteristics as well as social experiences.
  2. 2. According to this theory, predatory crimes are influenced by the intersection of three variables: availability of suitable targets, the presence of motivated offenders, and the absence of capable guardians.
  3. 5. This theory, developed by Lombroso, reflects the idea that delinquents manifest physical anomalies that make them biologically and physiologically similar to our primitive ancestors, savage throwbacks to an earlier stage of human evolution.
  4. 7. These are young people who are extremely vulnerable to the negative consequences of school failure, substance abuse, and early sexuality.
  5. 9. These allowed for the appointment of overseers to place destitute or neglected children as servants in the homes of the affluent, where they were trained in agricultural, trade, or domestic services.
  6. 14. _______ Theory is a developmental theory that modifies social control theory by integrating concepts from biosocial, psychological, routine activities, and rational choice theories.
  7. 16. This pathway describes a situation where a delinquent career begins with minor, underhanded behavior and eventually escalates into more serious criminality.
  8. 17. _______ Theory argues that youths will choose to engage in delinquent and criminal behavior after weighing the consequences and benefits of their actions.
  9. 19. According to this theory, delinquency is a function of personal predispositions such as temperament, personality, hormones, or genetics.