crime theories and models termimology

the scientific study of crime and the causes of crime

• Criminology

• Classical Criminology

• Theory

• Sociology

the theory that crime is the result of frustration and anger felt by individuals who cannot reach their financial and personal goals through legitimate means

• Positivism

• Strain Theory

• Social Conflict Theory

• Causation

a condition in which the individual feels a disconnect from society due to the breakdown or absence of social norms

• Positivism

• Correlation

• Anomie

a school of the social sciences that sees criminal behavior as the result of biological, psychological and social forces

• Positivism

• Causation

• Correlation

• Anomie

the relationship in which a change in one measurement creates a recognizable change in another measurement

• Criminology

• Causation

• Correlation

• Sociology

the study of the development and functioning of groups of people who live together within a society

• Psychology

• Criminology

• Sociology

• biology

an explanation of a happening or circumstance that is based on observation, experimentation, or reasoning

• Anomie

• Theory

• Correlation

a school of criminology that believes that wrongdoers weigh the possible benefits of criminal activity against the expected costs of being apprehended

• Classical Criminology

• Criminology

• Psychology

• Strain Theory

the theory that views criminal behavior as being a result of class conflict

• Strain theory

• Social Conflict Theory

• Causation

the relationship between two measurements or behaviors that tend to move together in the same direction

• Causation

• Correlation

• Positivism