CHAPTER FOUR

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CHAPTER FOUR

• CHOICE, DETERRENCE, BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL
  THEORIES

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Theories of Juvenile Delinquency

• Demonology
• Possession
• Still around
• Classical
• Free will
• Pleasure-pain principle
• Cesare Beccaria
• Problems

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More Theories

• Positive School
• Determinism
• Cesare Lombroso
• Focus on rehabilitation
• Choice
• 1970s revival of classical theory
• Focus on the offense

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Yes, There are More Theories

• Routine Activities
• Rational choice
• Crime if
• Motivated offender
• Suitable target
• Not watching
• Deterrence
• Risk/benefit
• General v. specific deterrence
• Assumptions
• What does the evidence show?

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Biological Theories

• Morphological
• Lombrosos Atavism Theory
• Born criminal
• Discredited
• Sheldons Body Type
• 3 body types
• Which types makes a delinquent?
• Modern biological theories
• Traits that heighten risk of delinquency
• Genetic

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Adopted Juveniles with Criminal Record
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Biochemical Theories

• Diet
• Schoenthaler research in public schools
• 2000 study
• Schoenthaler study of incarcerated juveniles
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Childhood development
• Medical problems
• Connection to juvenile delinquency

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More Biochemical Theories

• Autonomic Nervous System
• Fight or flight
• Fear and anxiety reduction
• Learning disabilities
• Whats the connection with juvenile delinquency?
• ADHD

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Psychological Theories

• Psychoanalytic
• 3 part personality
• Defense mechanisms
• Moral development
• Stages
• Punishment and obedience
• Hedonistic orientation
• Interpersonal concordance
• Law and order
• Social contract
• Universal ethical principles
• Which stages are delinquents stuck at?

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

• Definition
• Conduct disorder
• Characteristics
• What causes it?
• Cannot assume the role of another

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Learning Theories

• Classical conditioning
• Stimulus and response
• Pavlovs dogs
• Modeling
• Imitate behavior
• Violent home
• Violence in TV, video and the movies

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Explanations of Female Violence

• Biological
• Lombrosos masculinity hypothesis
• Pollacks theory
• Psychological
• Socialization
• Liberal Feminists
• Radical Feminists

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Review

• What is the Demonology theory?
• Who are Cesare Beccaria and Cesare Lombroso?
• What is the basic principle of the classical
  theory?
• What is the focus of the positive school?
• What is the choice theory?
• Explain how the routine activities theory works.

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Review

• What is the difference between general and
  specific deterrence?
• What is most likely to deter juveniles?
• What is Lombrosos atavism theory?
• What is Sheldons body type theory?
• What do the twin studies tell us?
• What do adoption studies tell us?

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Review

• What do the diet studies tell us?
• What kind of impact does FAS have?
• How are learning disabilities connected to
  delinquency?
• What is the psychoanalytic theory?
• What are the stages of moral development?
• What is the antisocial personality and what are
  the characteristics and causes?

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Review

• What is the classical conditioning theory?
• What is the modeling theory?
• What were Lombrosos and Pollaks theories of
  female violence?
• According to the radical feminists, what are the
  causes of female delinquency?
• What impact does sexual abuse have on girls
  delinquent behavior?

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CHOICE, DETERRENCE, BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL

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