Criminology
Across
- 1. Explanation accounting for a set of facts that can be further tested.
- 7. Italian theorist, advocated for minimal punishment through deterrence.
- 8. ____ V. Clarke; established situational choice perspective.
- 9. Scientific study of WHY crimes are committed.
- 10. _____ problems perspective; belief crime is the result of underlying problems such as poverty or discrimination.
- 12. ____ - works doctrine; Robert Martinson theorized correctional rehab programs have had little success.
- 13. Most members of society agree what is right and wrong.
- 16. ____ punishment; the death sentence.
- 17. Attempts to explain crime with a single overreaching approach.
- 18. _____ calculus; theorized by Jeremy Bentham, meant to determine the amount of punishment required to deter a crime.
- 19. ______ - based; built on scientific finding from random controlled experiments.
- 20. Individuals are fundamentally responsible for their behavior.
- 24. Having one cause or source.
- 26. To make illegal or criminal.
- 27. English philosopher and reformer, first theorized why criminals commit crimes. (Hint: felicific calculus)
- 28. Behavioral disposition to favor criminal activity.
Down
- 2. First theorized the idea of a social contract.
- 3. Acts considered wrong only because there is a law against them.
- 4. The prevention of crime.
- 5. A violation of criminal law for which some governmental authority applies formal penalties.
- 6. Type of criminology studied in universities; simply describes crime and it's occurrence.
- 9. Analysis of physical evidence generated by a crime scene.
- 11. Theory by Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson, tried to explain why crime persisted in propserity.
- 14. Crimes result from forces beyond the individuals control.
- 15. Relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior.
- 20. Criminality that crime is a conscious choice; choose the benefits and accept the punishment.
- 21. Criminals must be removed from society to prevent re-offense.
- 22. Acts that are regarded as wrong by tradition.
- 23. Failure to do what a law or duty requires.
- 25. Subjective understanding achieved by criminologists who immerse themselves in the everyday life of criminals.