CJUS 700 Quiz: Developmental & Integrated Theories
Week 7
- According to the age-crime curve, crime:
- Integration is a way to increase the number of criminological theories.
- Institutions such as military service and marriage may act as informal social controls to facilitate desistance.
- Elliott argues that theoretical competition is unnecessary because:
- Tittle’s control balance theory proposes that crime is a function of:
- Integrating theories can require modifications of the original theories being integrated.
- Terrie Moffitt’s developmental theory is an example of a:
- Tittle argues that a theory should answer a broad range of deviant behaviors.
- Agnew’s general theory is not testable because the sheer number of variables could overwhelm a statistical package.
- Which of the following is NOT a key concept in life course theories (according to Elder, 1998)?
- What is the difference between a career criminal and a criminal career? Are they mutually exclusive or is there some overlap?
- Describe Tremblay’s perspective on the development of physical aggression. How does this mirror the age-crime curve argument?