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Review materials for the cumulative P200 Theories of Crime & Deviance final exam (Spring 2019)

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______ is an interdisciplinary science that gathers & analyzes data on crime & criminal behavior

Criminology

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T/F: Criminologists use the technique of natural science in order to try to answer questions they ask rather than relying on speculation.

False - they use the scientific method, not the technique of natural science

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What is the definition of "mala en se"?

Evil unto itself

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Universally condemned crimes are known as: (Latin term)

Mala en se

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Crimes that are time and culture bound are: (Latin term)

Mala prohibita

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When criminologists study ______, they study individuals who commit harmful acts, regardless of the legal status of those acts.

Criminality

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A _____ connects propositions and explains how phenomena are related.

Theory

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Define "ideology"

A way of looking at the world; a general emotional picture of how things should be

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The ______ school of thought emphasizes human rationality and free will in its explanations of criminal behavior.

Classical

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Lombroso’s theory of the born criminal was aligned with which school of thought?

Positivist

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T/F: When two factors correlate, it means that the two factors vary together.

True

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The belief that science can provide answers for everything is most characteristic of the ______ school of thought.

Positivist

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_____ criminologists tend to believe that the only real cause of crime is capitalism.

Marxist

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_____ is an intentional act in violation of the criminal law committed without defense or excuse and penalized by the state.

Crime

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Cesare Lombroso’s concept of the born criminal is also known as his theory of ______.

Atavism

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The first step in detecting causes of crime is:

Discovering correlates

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