Criminal Theory

Criminal Theory

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People exercise free will and are completely responsible for their actions.

• Biological Theory

• Freewill Theory

• Psychoanalytic Theory

• Classical Theory

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A criminal's physiological makeup produces certain physical or genetic characteristics that distinguish criminals and noncriminals.

• Biological Theory

• Caveman Theory

• Classical Theory

• Labeling Theory

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Competition among wealthy and poor people and the practice of taking advantage of other people.

• Radical Theory

• Intelligence Theory

• Learning Theory

• Rent Is Too Dang High Theory

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Commission of a crime after the first criminal act with the acceptance of a criminal label.

• Humanistic Theory

• Conflict Theory

• Maslow's Theory

• Labeling Theory

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Mental inferiority causes people to commit crime.

• Mental Theory

• Intelligence Theory

• Inferiority Theory

• Dumb Criminal Theory

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Crime is a symptom of a more deep seeded problem.

• Problem Theory

• Psychoanalytic Theory

• Learning Theory

• Problem Theory

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Crime is committed because it is positively reinforced, negatively reinforced, or imitated.

• Reinforcement Theory

• Classical Theory

• Learning Theory

• Chicago School Theory

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Control over delinquents is absent, approved by peers/neighbors/parents, limited opportunity for employment.

• Delinquency Theory

• Chicago School Theory

• Medina School Theory

• Labeling Theory

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Physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging, esteem, and self actualization.

• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

• Freud's Pyramid

• Berry's Law

• Moses' Ten Commandments

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Society is based primarily on conflict between competing interest groups; crime is caused by relative powerlessness.

• Humanistic Theory

• Powerless Theory

• Conflict Theory

• Snowflake Theory