AJ 21 Chapter 3

Overcriminalization

— is mainly a problem when addressing victemless crimes

Social defenition of crime

Behavior that violates the norms or mores of society

“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?

Classical Theory

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

The Social Contract

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

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.

William Sheldon

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

Mesomorph

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

Sigmund Freud

Psychoanalytic theories of crime causation are associated with —

Abraham Maslow

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