Causes of Crime

Scientific study of crime and the causes of criminal behavior.

• Criminal Justice

• Criminology

• Criminalistics

• Forensics

Two variables move together or relate together.

• Causation

• Correlation

• Theory

• Hypothesis

Used to explain why crime occurs.

• Science

• Theory

• Scientific method

• Criminology

One variable is responsible for changes in another variable.

• Correlation

• Scientific theory

• Causation

• Criminology

How many categories of theory exist for criminal justice?

• Two

• Four

• Six

• Eight

Strain theory falls under which division of theory?

• Choice

• Biological/Psychological

• Sociological

• Social Processes

Classical school of criminology falls under which division of theory?

• Choice

• Biological/Psychological

• Sociological

• Social Processes

Learning theory falls under which division of theory?

• Choice

• Biological/Psychological

• Sociological

• Social Processes

Adoption studies fall under which division of theory?

• Choice

• Biological/Psychological

• Sociological

• Social Processes

Control theory falls under which division of theory?

• Choice

• Biological/Psychological

• Sociological

• Social Processes