CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Caveman, Derek B, Differential Association
16 Oct 2016
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Many theories of crime can be classified as bio, psych or socio explanations. However some crim theories do not fall squarely within the parameters of bio, psych, or socio explanations. Examples of such theories would include critical crim, feminist theory, rational choice theory and opportunity theory. Examples of social psych would include aker"s social learning theory and agnew"s. An example of a psych (or psychobiological(cid:524) theory would be terrie moffitt"s developmental taxonomy theory, which breaks criminals down into 2 types general strain theory adolescent-limited, and life-course-persistent. Must be logical, with a valid structure- i. e. , it must follow the basic rules of critical thinking and logic, e. g. , the requirement that premises be provided that support a conclusion. Should make statements or propositions about reality that can be tested, so that the theory can be accepted or rejected on the basis of solid evidence. Ideally, a theory should been tested (successfully) on many occasions, under many different circumstances.
