Law & Justice Chapter 2: Criminology

If punishments are harsh enough to outweigh the benefits of a crime, it will force people to make the choice to not commit crime in the first place.

• Rational Choice

• Biological

• Psychological

• Social Learning

This Criminologist argued "people act out of self-interest and their interest sometimes conflicts with laws; this equals criminal activity."

• Cesare Beccaria

• John Locke

• Jack Katz

• Thomas Hobbes

Some people commit crimes for the financial or tangible reasons but others do so for the fun and enjoyment of committing a crime and getting away with it.

• Seduction of Crime

• Biological Theory

• Life Course Theory

• Social Disorganization Theory

Used in Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development to show Rational Choice Theory, is stated as follows: A woman was on her deathbed. There was one drug that the doctors thought might save her. This dilemma is the....

• Heinz Dilemma

• Shipwrecked Sailors Dilemma

• Pre-Conventional Dilemma

• Taylor Dilemma

Certain biological traits in individuals could incline them towards committing a crime in certain circumstances.

• Biological Theory

• Psychological Theory

• Social Learning Theory

• Brain Wave Theory

The "Crime Gene" would fall under this theory of crime.

• Biological Theory

• Psychological Theory

• Social Learning Theory

• Life Course Theory

These scans are used in Criminology to examine brain waves.

• EEG

• CAT

• MRI

This theory of crime focuses on how (abnormal) mental processes impact individual motivations for violence.

• Psychological Theory

• Life Course Theory

• Biological Theory

• Social Disorganization Theory

Which of the answers below are aspects of Psychological Theory?

• Intelligence

• Callousness

• Temperament

• All of the Above

Who created the psychopath checklist in the 1980s?

• Robert Hare

• Cesare Beccaria

• J. Edgar Hoover

• Roger Wilson