Criminological Theory

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theory	an assumption (or set of assumptions) that attempts to explain why or how things are related to each other
criminological theory	The explanation of criminal behavior, as well as the behavior of police, attorneys, prosecutors, judges, correctional personnel, victims, and other actors in the criminal justice process.
anomie	lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group. (textbook, table 3.1, p. 60) ...[M]ay evolve from conflict of belief systems and causes breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community. (Wikipedia)
biological inferiority	Early theory that supposed criminals produced certain physical or genetic characteristics (stigmata) that were different from noncriminals
criminal anthropology	the study of criminal human beings
atavist	a person who reverts to savagery
Cesare Lombroso	Italian army doctor and university professor, published his theory of physical criminal type in 1876 and is associated with the field of criminal anthropology
Charles Darwin	English naturalist, geologist and biologist, authored The Descent of Man (1871) in which he suggested that some humans are not as highly evolved as others.

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