Crim Theory Final

Assumptions of Labeling Perspective

Who is labeled is due, in part, to the attributes of the individuals and, in part, on the severity of the rule broken.

Origins in Conflict Theory

Those who are labeled may experience problems of adjustment which may result in future deviance

Origins in Symbolic Interactionism

Severity of crime
Prior Record

Race
Gender

People who become crusading reformers who seek out and develop new rules by which new forms of deviance are defined and created

Which scholar believes that labeling of delinquents is due in part to extra-legal factors?

Which scholar plays a part in the dramatization of evil and early labeling?

The extent to which adult's views harden and children integrate new delinquent self images from negatives reactions from adults

Which scholar defines primary and secondary deviance?

Deviance that is neither detected nor punished by anyone in authority

Deviance that evolves from the application and internalization of the label. Serious delinquency.

What study proved stronger selection effects?

-Return to the SI approach
-Focus on developmental process
-Incorporate larger theories

Cumulative Disadvantage Aspect of what theory?

Reaction of one person to that person's own punishment

Reaction of a group of collectivity to the punishment of one or more of its members

Defiance toward a sanctioning agent

Closely knit communities in which families exert social control: RS & Macro

Links, attachments and commitments to conventional others: RS & Micro

An integrated theory in which social control explains primary deviance and labeling explains secondary

Which scholar is associated with the Conflict paradigm?

Assumptions of the Conflict paradigm

Intersection of class and gender in the production of delinquency

Capitalist workplace control, parenting practices, gender and class

Stubborn behavior before age 12, then defiance and authority avoidance

Acts before age 15, then property damage and moderate to serious delinquency

Minor aggressive acts, then fighting and severe violence

The study within individual patterns of anti-social behavior and offending over time

Incorporates elements of social context and social embeddeness on individual development over time

Which type of criminology is ontogenic?

Which type of criminology is sociogenic?

Making a statement about the causal nature of a relationship

X must be correlated with Y

Temporal Ordering

Correlation between X and Y is not due to another variable

Arrangement of events in time

No direct causal correlation but may appear to be due to a coincidence

Punishment that is proportional, certain, severe and swift can marginally deter crime

Which school involves hedonism and consensus?

Which school is involved with free-will and individual choice?

What is the cause of delinquency according to the classical school?

What is the cause of delinquency according to the positivist school?

Which school states that the application of reason to a problem is not enough, and that empirical support is need?

Which school believes that forces outside the control of the individual influence delinquent and criminal offending?

What are the 7 ways of evaluating theory?