Across
- 2. The scientific study of victimization, including the relationships between victims and offenders.
- 6. A possible explanation for an observed occurrence that can be tested by further investigation.
- 7. An explanation that is based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning.
- 8. The study of how certain traits or qualities are transmitted from parents to their offspring.
- 9. Anything that produces an effect.
- 10. Sigmund Freud's theory that attributed our thoughts and actions to unconscious motives.
- 12. An approach to drug addiction that treats drug abuse as a mental or physical illness.
- 13. An approach to drug abuse that treats illegal drug use as a criminal act.
- 14. A chemical substance that controls certain cellular and bodily function such as growth and reproduction.
- 16. Considers criminal behavior to be the predictable result of a persons interaction with his or her environment.
- 17. Refers to the repeated criminal victimization of a person, household, place, business, vehicle or other target however defined.
- 19. A school of the social sciences that sees criminal and delinquent behavior as the result of biological, physiological, and social forces.
- 20. Theory stating that members of certain sub-cultures reject the values of the dominant culture through deviant behavior patterns.
- 22. The belief that the more powerful groups use their power in order to exploit groups with less power.
- 27. A group exhibiting certain values and behavior patterns that distinguish it from the dominant culture.
Down
- 1. The hypothesis that society created crime and criminals by labeling certain behavior and certain people as deviant.
- 3. Concept that people engage in criminal behavior unless strong moral, social, and/or retributive deterrents are in effect.
- 4. A product of the Enlightenment, theorizing that people exercise free will and are responsible for their actions.
- 5. Natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms.
- 11. A theory that deviant behavior is more likely in communities where social institutions fail to exert control over the population.
- 15. Defined as maximizing total benefit and reducing suffering or the negatives.
- 18. The scientific study of crime and the causes of criminal behavior.
- 21. The scientific study of mental processes and behavior.
- 22. The idea that crime is caused by frustration of individuals who cannot reach their financial and personal goals through legitimate means.
- 23. A specialist in the field of crime and the causes of criminal behavior.
- 24. A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.
- 25. The idea that delinquents and criminals must be taught both the practical and emotional skills necessary to participate in illegal activity.
- 26. Individuals make logical decisions with the greatest benefit or satisfaction.