Criminal Theories

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  1. 2. Says that human behavior is controlled by biological, psychological and social factors, not by free will
  2. 4. This perspective suggests that crime is the result of a power struggle. The laws are influenced by people in power
  3. 6. The theory that people make the active choice to commit crime--a criminal weighs the costs and benefits of committing a crime
  4. 9. This theory suggests that when social bonds are weakened or broken, people are more likely to commit crime. Social ties control the urge to commit crime.
  5. 15. This theory suggests that crime occurs as a part of a daily routine. Suggests that crime only needs a motivated offender, an absence of a capable guardian and a suitable target.
  6. 20. These are crimes that are wrong by their very nature--these crimes are bad in all situations
  7. 21. This theory says that behavior is learned and will be maintained or stopped with rewards or punishment
  8. 22. This theory says that people learn crime when associating with those involved in crime.
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  1. 1. This theory about why women commit crime emphasizes that factors, both internal and external to the individual, are instrumental in predicting violence.
  2. 3. This theory suggests that those with power may be labeled as deviant by the elites in society as a way to control others
  3. 5. This theory is short for Feminist Ecological Model. This theory takes into account social, historical, institutional, and individual factors.
  4. 7. This theory suggests that the reason that women commit crime is due to the way that women’s lives are influenced by structural oppression, gender expectations, gender socialization, and punitive societal responses to behaviors.
  5. 8. The people agree on the laws. They have come to a consensus about what the laws should be
  6. 10. This theory suggests that by labeling someone a criminal, they will continue to engage in criminal activity
  7. 11. This theory suggests that criminals are born. Criminals have specific physical traits. Criminals are less evolved a represent an earlier version of humans
  8. 12. This theory suggests that criminal behavior could be explained by looking at someone's entire life.
  9. 13. This is the violation of a norm. It is not necessarily always a criminal.
  10. 14. The idea that all actions should create the most good for the most amount of people
  11. 16. This theory suggests that the reason that women commit crime has to do with the way women process trauma. It suggests that trauma can distort women’s conceptualization of health relationships and hamper psychological development.
  12. 17. Credited with creating avatism. Believes that criminals are born.
  13. 18. This theory suggests that when there is strain between what a person wants to achieve and the means to achieve it, they will commit a crime.
  14. 19. These are crimes that we decide as a society are bad. They are not necessarily wrong but they are criminal