Theory Crossword Puzzle

3. – Area with high crime due to poverty, mobility, and ethnic diversity disrupting social control.
5. – Theory stating people with impulsivity and short-term focus are more prone to crime.
9. – The idea that crime can be prevented if the cost (punishment) outweighs the benefit.
13. – Emphasizes that criminal behavior is acquired through observing and mimicking others.
14. – Crime is a calculated decision based on weighing risks and benefits.
16. – Early criminologist who believed criminals could be identified by physical features.
17. – Suggests that crime occurs when there's a lack of capable guardianship over targets.
18. – A broader category of theories stating that crime occurs when inner or outer restraints are weak.
19. – Found that crime rates were higher in transitional neighborhoods with high population turnover.
20. – Suggests that ignoring minor offenses leads to a breakdown of community control.

1. – Proposes that access to illegitimate means influences whether someone commits crime.
2. – Suggests genetic or physiological factors can predispose someone to criminal behavior.
4. – Describes how groups with values opposed to mainstream norms foster criminal behavior.
6. – Developed typologies like conformist, innovator, and rebel to explain responses to strain.
7. – A state of normlessness where societal norms no longer regulate behavior.
8. – Suggests that strong ties to family, school, and community prevent deviance.
10. – Argues crime happens when people can’t achieve socially approved goals through legitimate means.
11. – Explains how being publicly tagged as “deviant” can push people into more deviant roles.
12. – Crime is learned through close interactions with others who promote criminal values.
15. – Points to crime arising from community instability and weakened institutions.