Chapter 3 Flashcards
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Neoclassical criminology
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The accused is viewed as exempted from conviction of circumstances prevented the exercises of free will
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Classical school
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A perspective indicating that people have free will to choose between criminal and lawful behavior, & that crime can be controlled by sanctions and should be proportionate to the offense
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XYY chromosome
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“Criminal chromosome”
Where criminal behavior is felt to be caused in some offenders who possess and extra Y chromosome
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Social structure theory
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Criminality as a result of the creation of a lower class culture based on poverty & deprivations
