Ecological and 'Enviromental theories of crime and deviance
Questions of the ecological theories of crime and deviance
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- Created on: 13-06-12 18:27
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2. What is ecological, environmental approach?
- An attempt to make a link between the physical environment and tendencies for criminal/non-criminal behaviour
- An attempts to explain the complications of victimisation
- An attempt to explain the connection between the biography of the criminal and the likelihood for criminal behaviour
3. Cohen and Felson argue that crime occurs as a result of the lack of....
- A 'capable guardian'
- Efficient policing
- 'Differential Association'
4. What is the 'Cultural Transmission' Theory?
- Differences in culture in a particular area
- How criminal norms and values are passed on from one generation to the next, seeing crime as normal and 'socially acceptable?
- A process of intensified criminal behaviour
5. Who created this theory?
- Park and Burgess
- Morris
- Shaw and McKay
- Felson
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