STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM 3
CRIMINOLOGY 3310
- What does the term socialization mean?
- According to Differential Association theory, what determines whether
and individual will engage in criminal or non-criminal acts?
- What is the basic premise of Differential Association Theory?
- What is the primary difference between social control theories and
social learning theories. (Hint: born to be good or born to be
bad)
- How does Labeling theory suggest that children will be chronic offenders?
- Know the ways in which a person can neutralize their feelings and thoughts
to allow them to engage in criminal behavior according to Matza and Sykes.
- Know the basic premise of Neutralization Theory.
- Know the basic premise of Containment Theory and what did Walter Reckless
believe was the key to controlling anti-social behavior?
- Know the basic premise of Routine Activities Theory.
- Know the premise of Victim Precipitation Theory.
- Know the basic premise of conflict criminology, Marxist Criminology and Instrumental Marxism.
- What is the basic premise of social development theory?
- Who was the Dean of American Criminology?
- What is the basic premise of the General Theory of Crime?
- What two researchers were considered pioneers in the study of the chronic
offender and the life cycle of delinquency?
- Know what Sampson and Laub meant by turning points in ones life and
what they meant by social capital.
- Know the Risk and Protective factors for early juvenile delinquency we studied in class
- Study the hand out I gave you entitled "Review of Criminal Theories"
You will need to know these to be able to match them to the appropriate name
or general type of theory.