Theories of crime.

The first theory to point out that crime was a social construction was...

• Right realism

• Functionalism

• Marxism

• Labelling theory

Biological & physiological theories of crime say

• Criminal are born that way

• are created by the way society in constructed.

Functionalist Durkheim argued that some crime is good for society because...

• It is the only way some people will get any wealth.

• It brings about necessary social change and reinforces what type of behaviour is acceptable and what isn't.

The sociological theory that is only really interested in secondary deviance is..

• Functionalism

• Marxism

• Labelling theory (Interactionism)

The first sociological theory to point out the problem of crime statistics was....

• Funtionalism

• Left Realism

• Interactionism

When the crack down to control crime actually leads to it increasing rather than decreasing this is known as...

• Capitalism.

• The deviance amplification spiral

• Labelling and the self fulfilling prophesy

The Ideological State Apparatuses identified by Marxists are...

• Education, religion and the media.

• The riot police and the armed forces.

Marxism blames crime on ….

• the greed and inequality created by the Capitalist system.

• People who have been born with genetic disorders.

• Improper socialisation.

The wealth owning class in Capitalist society are known as ...

• The proletariat

• The Bourgeoise

• The underclass

The theory that tries to combine the best points of previous theories when analysing crime in...

• New Criminology

• Psychodynamic theories

• Learning theories