I’d like you to compare and contrast any 3 of the theories of crime and deviance on this study guide list and explain what policies, programs they lead to in lowering the crime rate. Please also tell me briefly what your views are concerning the issue of crime and what we as a society can and should do about it and why you agree or disagree with the theories you’ve chosen to explain.
Ciminology, Deviance
Penology, Recidivism, Incapacitation
Biological Positivism, Lombroso, Atavism, Trait Theory
Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Psychology — Freud — Id, Ego, Superego Oedipal/Electra Compexes
Social Structure Theory, Anomie Theory, Strain Theory Robert Merton
Differential Opportunity Theory, Theory of Illegitimate Opportunity — Richard Cloward
Cultural Transmission Theory, Differential Asociation Theory, Social Learning Theory — Edwin Sutherland
Social Control Theory — Hirschi
Social Disorganization Theory, Social Ecology School, Culture of Poverty, the Truly Disadvantaged — Chicago School, William Julius Wilson, Oscar Lewis
Labeling Theroy, Social Reaction Theory —
Stigma, Master Status, Primary Deviance, Secondary Deviance, Successful dgradation Ceremony — Becker, Lemert, Schur, Garfinkel
Rational Choice Theory
Delinquent Subculture — Albert Cohen
Critical Theory, Conflict Theory — Karl Marx