Criminal Justice Study Set 1

________ refer(s)to the relatively stable characteristic patterns of thoughts,feelings,and behaviors that make a person unique,and that influence that person's behavior.

Distinct portions of a cell's DNA that carry coded instructions for making everything the body needs are known as

Which of Merton's categories would a law-abiding citizen most likely fall into?

________ is the process in which a person openly rejects something he or she wants but cannot obtain or achieve.

________ is a sociological approach that emphasizes demographics and geographics and explains criminality as a product of society's impact on the individual.

Which of the following scholars is considered to be a Classical School criminologist?

Theory testing usually involves the development of a(n)________ based on what the theory predicts.

According to somatotyping,________ have the greatest likelihood of becoming criminal offenders.

What is the central defining characteristic of a psychopath?

________ is an eighteenth-century approach to crime causation and criminal responsibility that emphasizes free will and reasonable punishments.

Which of Eysenck's personality dimensions was most likely to be closely correlated with criminality?

A violation of social norms defining appropriate or proper behavior under a particular set of circumstances is known as

Which approach to explaining crime addresses the gender ratio problem?

A psychological principle that holds that the frequency of any behavior can be increased or decreased through reward,punishment,and association with other stimuli is

________ refers to a condition of normlessness that is said to exist when a group is faced with social change,uneven development of culture,maladaptiveness,disharmony,conflict,and lack of consensus.

________ is a theory of human behavior,based on the writings of Sigmund Freud,that sees personality as a complex composite of interacting mental entities.

Which abnormal chromosomal structure is associated with the concept of a "supermale"?

________ theories emphasize the role of learning in crime causation.

A ________ is a set of interrelated propositions that attempt to describe,explain,predict,and ultimately control some class of events.

What is atavism?