Study sheet for final exam in criminology
Learning theory:
differential association, differential reinforcement, differential organization,
violentization, violentization, assault and murder,
subculture of violence, lower class culture, reintegrative shaming
group resocialization programs, GGI
Situational effects
situational escalation of violence, face saving, reputation defending, reputation
promoting,
stalking and offender-victim relationship
Patterns, profiles, relationships and trends in assault and homicide.
Social Psychological theory:
antisocial personality and antisocial behavior, moral development, negative emotionality,
NEM and partner violence,
bio-psychological theories: inherited traits, intelligence and crime, body type and
aggression.
Labeling theory
secondary deviance, dramatization of evil, essentialism, stigma, overcriminalization,
moral entrepreneur, the “child savers,” diversion programs, widening the net
Conflict theory
intragroup conflict, authority conflict,
intergroup conflict feminist, power control,
feminist crime theory, runaways and prostitution
feminist crime theory and female crack,
feminist crime theory and differential sentencing
Marxist conflict, Quinney’s social reality of crime, threat hypothesis, crimes of
domination and predation, Black’s theory of law and adjudication, left realism, critical
criminology, restorative justice, peacemaking criminology.
Public order crimes
Disorderly conduct, vice and victimless crime, the drug wars, drugs-crime connection,
effects of drugs on lower class heavy users,
issues associated with legalization, tolerance, and prohibition
Others: rational choice, routine activities, anomie, control/bond