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An Overview of Sociobiological Criminology

tension between the need to maintain social order and the actions of some individuals which threaten that social order. This tensi...

Peter Maas' Story of Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano, Underboss

points and major events that are outlined by Maas as a central part of their own paper. In 1992, Gravano was the highest ranking ...

Marxist Criminology - An Overview

first understand where it differs from traditional schools of criminology, as the Marxist view is typically regarded as being a fo...

Criminology and Risk Theory

institutional influence and power) and the emergence of a risk-fixated consciousness (Beck, 2006). Under such conditions, it becom...

The Biological Theory of Crime: The Social Implications

to criminal behavior are not so far-fetched. This paragraph stresses the risks of being too aggressive in intervention of "crimi...

Criminology Theories, Biosocial and Classical

biological approaches to criminology, which take "into account the interplay of biological and socio-environmental factors," which...

Criminology Theory Glossary

go unexplained based on ordinary criminological theory. Trait theory provides new explanations for odd behavior. At the same time,...

Criminology Foundations

the components which make up the "ruling class domination" in regards to crime and why some criminal actions come to the attention...

A Criminology Overview

also known as drift theory ("Control," 2001). This theory, as the name suggests, speculates that delinquents drift in and out of c...

Field of Forensic Psychology

Forensic psychology is examined in this fifteen page overview that includes criminology theories, law, applications, and case stud...

Application of Criminal Schools of Thought

In ten pages this paper examines criminology in this theoretical overview that discusses conflict, social process, cultural devian...

Children Who Murder

of youthful homicide perpetrators present with a history of adverse familial factors," such as "physical abuse, sexual abuse, inst...

Major Theories of Personality

In ten pages the personality theories of Maslow, Rogers, Adler, May, Skinner, Freud, and sociobiological theory are examined. Ten...

Cloning and Its Sociobiological Implications

In four pages the sociobiological aspects of cloning are examined in a consideration of Social Darwinism, disease replication, r...

Sociobiology and Human Reproductive Strategies

perspective is widely evident in literature, this concept is most closely associated with the work of David M. Buss (Davis, 1998)....

A Criminology Overview

(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...

Overview of Criminology

In six pages criminology is explored in terms of its differences with the concept of criminal justice and how modern society benef...

Human Behavior from a Sociobiological Perspective

In six pages this paper argues that human patterns of behavior cannot be completely explained through macro or micro biology. T...

19th Century US' Penitentiary System

more advanced in containing the criminal element than other states at the time. If not, why would the pair go to America to study ...

Criminology from American and British Perspectives

In six pages criminology in the United Kingdom and the United States are considered in a comparative analysis of similarities and ...

Criminology in the Postmodern Era

with power and crime: "Not only can the power of the word be exposed as creating domination; in addition, one means of resistance ...

Criminology Concepts

specifically, because individuals are naturally unrestrained external control is needed to keep order. 6. Sykes and Matzas Tech...

Criminology Theory and The Effects of Class, Gender, and Race

In six pages this paper examines theoretical criminology in a consideration of the impacts of class, gender and race. Seven sourc...

Control Theories of Criminology

In five pages criminology is examined in terms of control theories, their differences in focusing not on crime causes but on why c...

Theories of Criminology

activity is to inform the public, it also services as an educational device to remind the citizenry of the rules of that particula...

Old Criminology Theory of Thought

In his book The Division of Labor in Society, Durkheim proposed two concepts. First, that societies evolved from a simple, nonspec...

Corrections and Strategic Planning

In ten pages this paper discusses the importance of strategic planning in the prison system with criminology theories also examine...

Peer Influence Journal Article Reviewed

In seven pages the article 'The Influence of Delinquent Peers What they think or what they do' that appeared in a 1994 issue of ...

Delinquency and Peer Pressure

In five pages the journal article featured in a November 4, 1994 issue of Criminology (Vol. 29) entitled, 'The Influence of Delin...

Deviance Theories and Organized Crime

In six pages this paper applies criminology and deviance theories to Gambino 'family' organized crime group. Six sources are cite...