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Criminological Theory
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- 1theoryan assumption (or set of assumptions) that attempts to explain why or how things are related to each other
- 2criminological theoryThe explanation of criminal behavior, as well as the behavior of police, attorneys, prosecutors, judges, correctional personnel, victims, and other actors in the criminal justice process.
- 3anomielack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group. (textbook, table 3.1, p. 60) ...[M]ay evolve from conflict of belief systems and causes breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community. (Wikipedia)
- 4biological inferiorityEarly theory that supposed criminals produced certain physical or genetic characteristics (stigmata) that were different from noncriminals
- 5criminal anthropologythe study of criminal human beings
- 6atavista person who reverts to savagery
- 7Cesare LombrosoItalian army doctor and university professor, published his theory of physical criminal type in 1876 and is associated with the field of criminal anthropology
- 8Charles DarwinEnglish naturalist, geologist and biologist, authored The Descent of Man (1871) in which he suggested that some humans are not as highly evolved as others.
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- Covers terms and descriptions from Chapter 3, Criminological Theory, Introduction to Criminal Justice 9th edition (Boehm & Haley)
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- Mish Madison
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