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Understanding Crime

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By: Emily Smith
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Decks in this class (22)

Classicism Key Points
Roots of classicism,
Focus of classicism,
Approach to crime
10  cards
Biological/Psychological Positivism Key Points
Roots,
Focus,
Approach to crime
10  cards
Sociological Positivism Key Points
Roots,
Focus,
Approach to crime
7  cards
Social Control Theory Key Points
Roots,
Focus level,
Approach to crime
10  cards
Critical/Marxist Theory Key Points
Roots,
Focus level,
Approach to crime and society
7  cards
Symbolic Interactionism/Labelling key points
Roots,
Focus,
Approach to crime
7  cards
Labelling Theory and Symbolic Interactionism indepth
What does labelling theory critic...,
What are meanings and how do they...,
How do they define deviance
14  cards
Evaluations: Symbolic Interactionism and Labelling
Tierney 2010,
Origins of deviance,
Deviant as passive
6  cards
Useful quotes etc
Walklate 2010 3 recurring themes ...
1  cards
Classicism indepth
When did classicism emerge,
Social contract theory,
Locke
11  cards
Biological Positivism in depth
Ceseare lombroso,
4 types of criminal lombroso,
Enrich ferri
9  cards
Classicism Critiques
Lack of differentiation,
Overly rational,
Overemphasis on punishment
5  cards
Biological Positivism Critiques
Biological overemphasis,
Too simplistic deterministic,
Cjs involvement
4  cards
Social Control Theory key figures
Where did social control ideas or...,
Reiss 1951 cause of deviance,
Reiss 1951 study
26  cards
Social Control Theory basic theorists
Reiss 1951,
Toby 1957,
Edward ross 1901
10  cards
Classicism key figures
Jeremy bentham,
Hobbes,
Beccaria
3  cards
Rational Choice key figures
Focus on,
Tunnell 1990,
Cromwell et al 1991
9  cards
Durkheim influences
Quetlet,
Social,
Guerry
4  cards
Chicago School
Influences,
George herbert mead,
Emergence of chicago school
12  cards
Appreciative criminology
What does appreciative criminolog...
1  cards
Right Realism key figures
Murray,
Wilson,
Marsland
4  cards
Labelling Theory and Symbolic Interactionism key points
Why do mead and blumer discount p...,
What does interactionism foreground,
What are meanings
12  cards

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