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Erik Erikson
ego identity formed when a person has a sense of self.
Aging out process
You age out
you mature and stop committing crimes
youth decline their frequency
Paternalistic family
Father (pater.)is the head of the family
enlightenment
end of the 18th century
Rouseau & voltaire and humanistic view of childhood
Paren Patriae
Role of the King (king is the Parent... Paren)
Served as the father of his country
Mass. Stubborn Child Act
Capital Punishment for children that misbehave
(mass=mass killing of children)
7
under the age of
7
, cannot be legally capable of a crime
Uniform Crime Reports
prepared by FBI
20%
percentage of cases that are solved by the police
14 to 17
almost ALL juveniles are arrested between 14 to 17
Monitoring the future
University of Michigan
Self report studies
Juvenile drug use
Wolfgang Chronic 6
6% chronic offender
commit 71% of juvenile crimes
Classical Criminal
concept based on committing crimes
done relating to the possible gain compared to the possible punishment
Deterrance
Prevent indiv. from committing crimes
Punishment
Predatory crime
violent crime against people or when you take something directly from the individual
Nature Theory (happens in Nature)
Intelligence is Inherited
Cesarre Becarries
Formed: C for classical Theory (criminology)
Lombroso Theory
Physical characteristic that resemble pre-historic man
Bro ( caveman)
Arousal Theorists
Aggression is a function of an individual need for
stimulation.
Arousal
: need to be stimulated
bc of A(aggression)
Specific Deterrance
The
more severely
we punish a person the
LESS
likely they will commit a crime
Specific= severely
Sigmund Freud
ego is the reality
the reality of living in the real world
allows us to manage the need for immediate gratification
Juvenile violent crime arrests
Typically PEAK @ the age of
18
Disorganization Theory
Disorganized neighborhoods
delinquency rates will be the highest in these neighbor hoods
Chronic Juvenile Offender
80%
chance of becoming an adult criminal offender
Trait Theory
Trait causes delinquency:
Psychological
Biological
Attachment Theory
Lack of
Attachment:
lack of respect
do not trust people
social process theories
Social interaction w/ important segments of society
especially, the family
School failure Rationale
A child w/ learning disability can cause frustration anger
culture poverty
sociologist OSCAR LEWIS, came up with this process
Crushing burden described by the challenges faced by the poor
collective efficacy
ability of a
community to
control
its residents through families schools & religious instituting
Collective=control
strain theory
Strain=Conflict
Conflict
between the goals people have & the means of obtaining them
Mertons theory of anomic
NOT understanding the society
NO rules
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Card Set
Deliquency
Description
CRJ 207 exam 1
Updated
2013-03-06T15:57:52Z
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