Crime Theories basic understanding Flashcards
XYY Study
Jacobs study
said that if men had an extra Y chromosome then they are likely to be more aggressive and commit crimes
Biological Or Genetic
Twin Studies
No linked Theorist
Mz identical twins share 100% gentics Dz share 50% of genes and looks for the concordance rate in one twin commiting crime and the other doing it also
Biological Or Genetic
Atavisitc features
Lombroso
If someone has primative features then the likelyhood is they are going to be a criminal
Physiological
Somatotypes
Sheldon
three body types, endomorphic, ectomorphic and mesomorphic- mesomorphic are most likely to be criminals
Physiological
Socail learning theory
Bandoura
Bo Bo doll study, children are suseptiable to modelling their behavior off an adult
Behavioural/ individualistic
The unconcious mind
Freud
Id, Ego, Super ego
Psychodynamic
Personality traits
Eyesneck
Psychodynamic
Capitalism is a social structure
Karl Marx
Capitalism causes crime, crime is criminogenic
Marxism/ Sociological
Crime and Deviance are Functional
Durkheim
Crime creates jobs, maintains social order, acts as a warning device/ saftey valve and creates changes in society
Functionalist/ Sociological
Strain theory
Merton
People commit crimes in order for them to move up in society and achieve the American dream
Functionalist/ Sociological
Labelling Theory
Howard Becker
When someone is given a criminal label then they are likely to live up to this leading to a criminal carrer
Interactionalist/ sociological
Types of deviance
Lemert
Primary deviance- 1 time an act that is against social norms
Secondary- An Actual devient act
Interactionalist/ Sociological
The underclass
Murray
The lowest class on the social hierachy, claiming benefits and doing no work
Right Realism
Left Realism
No Linked Theorist
They blame the social structure rather than blaming the individual.
Sociological
