Test 2
REVIEW
Criminology – Fall 2011
CH 5
Phrenologists
Physiognomists
Lombroso
& atavisms
Influence of
Moffitt:
Adolescent-limited delinquents & life-course-persistent
Gottfredson and Hirschi's general theory of crime
Low
self-control is associated with…
Why do people have low self control?
VIDEO: NEW ASYLUMS
_____ percent of inmates appear to be mentally ill.
Mentally ill inmates were given how much medicine upon their
release?
CH 5 readings
CH 6
DEF: White collar crime
Why is
it difficult to assess blame in white-collar crime?
The two
basic goals of the American ideology of free enterprise
A study of retired middle managers found that they attributed unethical behavior
and criminal acts by corporate managers to…
Firms are most likely to violate the law to increase profits when…
Social Structures and Conventional Crime:
Modernization
Economies and opportunities
Unemployment
Culture
Relative deprivation
Anomie &
Strain
Robert
Merton's modes of adaptation to the social structure:
innovation, retreatism, conformity, rebellion, ritualism
Changes
in unemployment rates and crime
The most important aspect of employment in relation to crime is…
Changing
and different crime rates in economically developed and developing nations
General strain theory
CH 6 readings