criminology - unit 2

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criminal behaviour
Define criminal behaviour 1,
Legal definition of criminal beha...,
Social definition of criminal beh...
12  cards
deviance
What is deviance 1,
What are some examples of deviant...,
What are the 3 ways deviance can ...
11  cards
social construction of criminality
What does social construction ref...,
Whats an example of criminality b...
2  cards
how laws change from culture to culture - polygamy
What is polygamy 1,
What is polyandry 2,
How many countries is polygamy le...
7  cards
how laws change from culture to culture - adultry
Define adultery 1,
Where is adultery legal 2,
Where is adultery illegal 3
6  cards
how laws change from culture to culture - homosexuality
Where is homosexuality legal 1,
How many countries is male homose...,
In 6 countries what can homosexua...
5  cards
how laws change from culture to culture - honour killings
Which countries is this common 1,
What is an honour killing 2,
What is it seen as in western cou...
3  cards
biological - Physiological Theories
What did lombroso born criminal t...,
How did lombroso conduct his rese...,
What are the 9 key features lombr...
12  cards
how laws change over time - prostitution
What was the act of parliament wh...,
How is prostitution perceived in ...
2  cards
how laws change over time - vagrancy
What act makes vagrancy illegal 1,
What was the purpose behind this ...,
Why did the act fall into disuse 3
5  cards
how laws change over time - homosexuality
What happened in 1967 1,
What happened in 1994 2,
What happened in 2004 3
4  cards
how laws change over time - smoking
What was societys view of smoking...,
What act made smoking in workplac...,
What happened in 2012 3
5  cards
biological - Genetic Theories
What is twin studies 1,
Define monozygotic twins 2,
Define dizygotic twins 3
16  cards
individualistic theories
Psychoanalysis what did freud arg...,
Psychoanalysis what did freud say...,
According to freud what is person...
38  cards
sociological - social structure
What does the functionalist theor...,
What does functionalism produce 2,
Why is crime inevitable according...
21  cards
sociological - interactionism
What does beckers labelling theor...,
What did interactionists piliavin...,
What is differential enforcement 3
6  cards
sociological - realism
How do right realists view crime 1,
How does right realists feel crim...,
Rr how does biological difference...
13  cards
strengths in lombroso's theory - physiological
What was lombroso the first perso...,
What did his research show the im...,
What did goring find 3
3  cards
weaknesses in lombroso's theory
What did lombroso not compare his...,
What is the theory instead of exp...,
Why is the physical appearance of...
4  cards
strengths in Sheldon's theory - physiological
What did glueck glueck find 1,
What was the proportionality with...
2  cards
weaknesses for sheldons theory
What weakness did glueck and glue...,
How may criminals develop a mesom...,
How do working class male crimina...
5  cards
strengths for twin studies - genetic
What have the results of twin stu...,
What did ishikawa ad raine find 2
2  cards
weaknesses for twin studies
If genes were the only cause for ...,
Why may results from earlier resu...,
What do twins share which isn t j...
3  cards
strengths for adoption studies - genetic
What does this study overcome the...,
What does this study allow us to ...
2  cards
weaknesses for adoption studies - genetic
Where are adopted children often ...,
What could this environment produ...,
What happens if the adoptees are ...
3  cards
strengths for XXY syndrome - genetic
What did jacob et al find 1,
What links did price and whatmore...,
What did adler et al indicate 3
3  cards
weaknesses for XYY syndrome - genetic
How is labelling a weakness 1,
Why are xyy males overrepresented...,
What have studies found about gen...
4  cards

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