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Decks in this class (18)

deviance-LO1
Deviance 1,
Crime 2,
Norms 3
16  cards
criminaility-LO1
Legal definiton criminal act 1,
What are the two elements the act...,
What is the first exception to th...
19  cards
social construction of criminality-LO1
Social construction 1,
3 reasons why the social construc...,
Polygamy culture what is it 3
35  cards
biological theories of criminality-LO2
johness and lange/christiansens/mednick/jacobs/lombroscos/sheldons/rayne/scerbo and rayne
38  cards
psychodynamic theories - LO2
Freud/Bowlby
19  cards
learning theories-LO2
bandura/ sutherlands
12  cards
psychological theories-LO2
eyesenck/ kohlberg
11  cards
functionalistic theories- socialogical
Durkheim and Merton
18  cards
marxsism- sociological theories
Marxism 1,
Capitalist system 2,
Relation to crime 3
7  cards
labelling theories- sociological theories
bekerts and lemerts
6  cards
left and right realism-socialogical theories
Left realists 1,
Right realists 2,
Right realist view on crime 3
14  cards
surveillance- socialogical theories
Surveillance 1,
Examples 2,
3 theories 3
9  cards
3.1- evaluating biological theories
Mednick adoption 1 strength 1,
Mednick adoption 2 weaknesses 2,
Twin studies 1 strengths 3
14  cards
3.1- evaluating individualistic theories
Psychodynamic freud strengths 1,
Psychodynamic freud strengths 2,
Psychodynamic bowlby strength 3
12  cards
3.1- evauating sociological theories
Durkheim functionalism strength 1,
Durkheim functionalism weakness 2,
Mertons strain theory 3
12  cards
4.1- assess the use of theories in informing policies
Biological theories believe 1,
Examples 2,
Heroin addiction use of drugs 3
45  cards
4.2- how social changes affect development
Public perception 1,
Drunk driving case study evolutio...,
Explain how laws can be influence...
18  cards
4.3-how campaigns affect policy
Newspapers campaigns 1,
The campaign sarahs law 2,
Key parties sarahs law 3
23  cards

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