AJ 21 Chapter 3

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Overcriminalization

— is mainly a problem when addressing victemless crimes

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Social defenition of crime

Behavior that violates the norms or mores of society

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“The greatest happiness shared by the greatest number”

Which of the following theories assumes that crime is committed by people with free will who are motivated by a hedonistic rationality?

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Classical Theory

Which of the following theories assumes that crime is committed by people with free will who are motivated by a hedonistic rationality?

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The Social Contract

According to Cesare Beccaria, the basis of society, as well as the origin of punishments and the right to punish, is

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Cesare Lombroso

— argued that criminals are, by birth, a distinct type, and that this type can be recognized by physical characteristics or stigmata such as enormous jaws, high cheekbones, insensitivity to pain, etc.

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William Sheldon

Which of the following theorists is associated with body-type theory?

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Mesomorph

According to body-type theory, an athletically built individual would be classified as a(n) —

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Sigmund Freud

Psychoanalytic theories of crime causation are associated with —

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Abraham Maslow

From whose theory can it be inferred that crime may be a means by which individuals satisfy their basic human needs?

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