Etymology Flashcards
The word comes from Greek, namely the prefix a- “without” and nomos “law”
Anomie
Means a condition of malaise in individuals, characterised by an absence or diminution of standards or values
Anomie in Contemporary English
Implieas a social unrest or chaos
Anomie when applied to a government or society
It is the process by which behaviors and individuals are transformed into crime and criminals
Criminalization
A theory from behavioral psychology about preventing or controlling actions or behavior through fear of punishment or retribution
Deterrence
Manifests itself in policy whereby examples are made of deviants.
General deterrence
The individual actor is not the focus of the attempt at behavioral change but rather receives punishment in public view in order to deter other individuals from deviance in the future
General detterence
The punishment for crimes is performed in public, and is hughly deterring mainly aiming at general social deterrence.
The Islamic Crime & Punishment System (Hodood)
Focuses on the individual deviant and attempts to correct his or her behavior.
Specific deterrence
Punishment is meant to discourage the individual from recidivating.
Specific deterrence
It is an outlook on the causation of crime.
Phenomenological Criminology
An idea is relevant only to the human mind and human consciousness and imperceptible to the outside world. Its relation to criminology claims that any action of a criminal nature would have been committed for a reason only knowable to the participants.
Phenomenology
It was developed in the late 1960s and into the 1970s aa reaction against the gender ditortions and stereotyping within traditional criminology.
Feminist School of Criminology
The study of social harms, is a new version of radical criminology.
Zemiology
Comes from the greek word “zemia” meaning harm
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