Theory Final 5/8/13 Flashcards
What does longitudinal study do?
Looks across whole life
What is the issue with Integrated Theorizing
Piss off original theorists
Life course criminology
looks at what led to crime
What is reciprocal effect
circular, association between parenting and delinquent children
What do life course or developmental theories aim to do?
Reduce crime by early intervention
What is Patterson and Yoegers key cause for late- onset delinquent groups?
Caused by peers
What did Moffitt focus on?
Maturity Gap
What is maturity gap?
When people do not look their age.
ex) 13yr looks like a 21yr and not mature enough to be treated that old by society
What were the two groups that Moffitt categorized offenders into?
- life course persistent
- adolescence limited theory
What did Sampson and Laub do?
use data to study how social bonds lead to conformity
Postpartum depression
answers the cause of female aggression
what is r/k approach?
2 ways that biological creatures approach reproduction
- as many as possible
- nurture
What does Heritability Coefficient ask?
can you inherit intelligence
What disorders seem to have the best result from biological and biosocial theroies?
Substance Abuse
What does CD stand for when associated with ADHD?
Conduct Disorder