Theoretical imagination

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  • Created on: 06-03-17 15:25
Why are theories important? (5 answers)
Recognise thoughts/ideas of previous thinkers, avoid 'reinventing the wheel', understand/organising how different thoughts/ideas link to each other, chart development of thinking over time, understand the current system
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What are 3 questions in criminology?
Why people commit crime?, why people do NOT commit crime?, how people stop offending?
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What are naturalistic perspectives?
Behaviour is an inherited disposition (biological)
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What are individual perspectives?
Behaviour is a result of individual psychology, eg. personality type (psychological)
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What are sociological perspectives?
Behaviour is shaped by the world outside the individual - social and economic influences
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What are 3 questions in criminology?

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Why people commit crime?, why people do NOT commit crime?, how people stop offending?

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What are naturalistic perspectives?

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What are individual perspectives?

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What are sociological perspectives?

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